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Low · 2.7 CVE-2025-52968 EUVD-2025-18897GHSA-r9jv-cv83-m4v4

xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open…

Published Jun 23, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
freedesktop xdg-utils ≤ 1.2.1 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xdg-utils No fix yet —
Debian 13 xdg-utils No fix yet —
Debian 12 xdg-utils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xdg-utils No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 xdg-utils No fix yet —

References