Vulnerability · Published Jun 23, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-52968
Low 2.7
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in xdg-utils from freedesktop. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | xdg-utils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Debian:13 | xdg-utils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Debian:14 | xdg-utils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xdg-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xdg-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xdg-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | xdg-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | xdg-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | xdg-utils | 0 – through 1.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-420 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N