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TI-2017-05997 Aliases CVE-2017-8459GHSA-grg9-h96q-ffh7

Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in…

Priority MEDIUM 57Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in a possibly unexpected way. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it is a behavior that might have legitimate applications in (for example) the display of web-search results

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0066 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.12.4VulnerableBrave
  • cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.12.4 Vulnerable ·Brave

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8459
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grg9-h96q-ffh7
  3. 2026-10-08 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-23748 Brave Browser before 1.43.88 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2022-23747 Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-20894 In Brave Desktop 1.17 through 1.33 before 1.33.106, when CNAME-based adblocking and a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-05777 Information disclosure in https://github.com/brave/brave-core CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2022-23746 Brave Browser before 1.43.34 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2017-05996 Brave 0.12.4 has a URI Obfuscation issue in which a string such as… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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