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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-18487 EUVD-2026-54296GHSA-5w7g-jqwx-788x

Epiphany: address bar / host spoofing via userinfo in ephy_uri_get_decoded_host()

Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 7, 2026 · Assigned by fedora

Description

A flaw was found in Epiphany. An issue in how the browser reads web addresses allows attackers to fake the domain name shown in the address bar. If a user clicks a specially crafted link containing a colon (for example, [https://trusted.com:80@attacker.com/](https://trusted.com:80@attacker.com/)), the address bar and security menus will display the safe website (trusted.com) but it will actually load the attacker website (attacker.com) on the screen. This allows attackers to create convincing phishing pages to trick users into trusting a malicious site.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GNOME Epiphany 49.2 —

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 epiphany-browser 51~rc-1 —
Debian 13 epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Debian 12 epiphany-browser No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS epiphany-browser No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed epiphany 51.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12361-1

Advisories 1

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