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Low · 2.4 CVE-2026-44658 EUVD-2026-29132

Zen Browser: RSS Live-Folder Item URLs Are Not Scheme-Restricted Before Trusted Tab Creation

Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Zen is a firefox-based browser. Prior to 1.19.12b, RSS feed URLs entered by the user are validated to http: or https: in promptForFeedUrl, but item links inside the feed are not subject to the same restriction. The provider maps each RSS/Atom item link into item.url, filters only for presence and date, and returns the item list. The live-folder manager later creates pinned lazy tabs from these values with gBrowser.addTrustedTab(item.url, ...). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.12b.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zen-browser desktop < 1.19.12b —

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