Description
In qutebrowser versions less than 1.11.1, reloading a page with certificate errors shows a green URL. After a certificate error was overridden by the user, qutebrowser displays the URL as yellow (colors.statusbar.url.warn.fg). However, when the affected website was subsequently loaded again, the URL was mistakenly displayed as green (colors.statusbar.url.success_https). While the user already has seen a certificate error prompt at this point (or set content.ssl_strict to false, which is not recommended), this could still provide a false sense of security. This has been fixed in 1.11.1 and 1.12.0. All versions of qutebrowser are believed to be affected, though versions before v0.11.x couldn't be tested. Backported patches for older versions (greater than or equal to 1.4.0 and less than or equal to 1.10.2) are available, but no further releases are planned.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qutebrowser | qutebrowser | < 1.11.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | qutebrowser | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | qutebrowser | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | qutebrowser | 2.3.1-2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11292-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | qutebrowser | < 1.11.1 | 1.11.1 | GHSA-4rcq-jv2f-898j |
| PyPI | qutebrowser | < 1.11.0 | 1.11.0 | PYSEC-2020-97 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11292-1 qutebrowser-2.3.1-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcq-jv2f-898j
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5403
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/021ab572a319ca3db5907a33a59774f502b3b975
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/19f01bb42d02da539446a52a25bb0c1232b86327
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/1b7946ed14b386a24db050f2d6dba81ba6518755
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/2281a205c3e70ec20f35ec8fafecee0d5c4f3478
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4020210b193f77cf1785b21717f6ef7c5de5f0f8
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/6821c236f9ae23adf21d46ce0d56768ac8d0c467
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/9bd1cf585fccdfe8318fff7af793730e74a04db3
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/a45ca9c788f648d10cccce2af41405bf25ee2948
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/d28ed758d077a5bf19ddac4da468f7224114df23
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/f5d801251aa5436aff44660c87d7013e29ac5864
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420902
- https://tracker.die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/issue328
- FEDORA-2020-fcd5fd47bd vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-f0812d6aad vendor-advisory