CVE-2026-57501 PUBLISHED

Zen: Context-menu "Open link in glance" / "Split link in new tab" loads a page-controlled link with the System principal, bypassing the web-content scheme restriction

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 09.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 0

Product Status

Vendor zen-browser
Product desktop
Versions
  • Version < 1.21.5b is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment CWE