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CVE-2026-57501
Published:July 09, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Zen is a firefox-based browser. Prior to 1.21.5b, Zen's glance and split-view context-menu actions, Open link in glance and Split link in new tab, load a page-controlled link URL with the System principal instead of the originating page's principal, allowing a malicious web page to place a link to a file URL that can load with System privileges when opened through either context-menu item and bypass the content-to-file security check that blocks an ordinary click. This issue is fixed in version 1.21.5b.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=1.14b <1.21.5b
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.21.5b
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
EPSS
Base Score:
0.29