Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a…
Priority LOW 28Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a closed-lock icon for any URL beginning with the https: substring, without any warning to the user, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary https web sites via a crafted X.509 server certificate.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01038 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-3312
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mwx6-jr67-8329
References
Advisory 2
Other 12
- http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- ADV-2011-0212
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663
- [oss-security] 20100917 CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
- http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330
- [oss-security] 20100921 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- [oss-security] 20100920 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
- [oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs
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- TI-2022-11995 In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-08611 libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-08127 ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-14371 GNOME Web (Epiphany) 3.23 before 3.23.5, 3.22 before 3.22.6, 3.20 before 3.20.7, 3.18… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2010-3312 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-3312 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mwx6-jr67-8329 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2010-3312 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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