# CVE-2023-26081: In Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) through 43.0, untrusted web content can trick users into exfiltrating passwords, because autofill occurs in sand

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-20 · Updated: 2025-03-18

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) through 43.0, untrusted web content can trick users into exfiltrating passwords, because autofill occurs in sandboxed contexts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1275
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhf-w9xw-pp9x
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SADQCSQKTJKTTIJMEPY7GII6IVQSKEKV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFWUNG6E4ZT43EYNHKYXS7QVSO2VW2H2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00015.html

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