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      "affected": [
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "epiphany",
          "product": "Epiphany",
          "vendor": "GNOME",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "45.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Red Hat would like to thank Fernando Munoz for reporting this issue."
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A logic error in Epiphany\u0027s site permission handling can cause camera and microphone access to be granted when the user only approves a different permission.\n\nIn src/ephy-window.c, set_permission() stores the user\u0027s Allow/Deny choice after a WebKit permission dialog. Types CLIPBOARD and WEBSITE_DATA_ACCESS are not stored by ephy_permission_is_stored_by_permissions_manager(), so control fell into an else-if that was written as:\n\n  } else if (EPHY_PERMISSION_TYPE_ACCESS_WEBCAM_AND_MICROPHONE) {\n\nBecause that expression is a non-zero enum constant, the branch always ran for those types and wrote EPHY_PERMISSION_PERMIT for both ACCESS_WEBCAM and ACCESS_MICROPHONE for the site origin. The user only saw a Clipboard or Website Data Access dialog.\n\nA malicious site that obtains approval for clipboard or third-party storage access can afterwards use getUserMedia without a further camera/microphone prompt, exposing audiovisual confidentiality.\n\nRequirements: the victim must visit a malicious page and click Allow on a clipboard or website-data-access prompt.\n\nAffected: Epiphany \u003e= 45.0 (bug present at least through 51.x).\nFixed: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/2249 (commit 480c3648).\nUpstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/work_items/2976\nReporter acknowledgment: Fernando Munoz"
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
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            "content": {
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              "value": "Moderate"
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        },
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            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 6.5,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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            {
              "cweId": "CWE-863",
              "description": "Incorrect Authorization",
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              "type": "CWE"
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-31T09:29:34.128Z",
        "orgId": "92fb86c3-55a5-4fb5-9c3f-4757b9e96dc5",
        "shortName": "fedora"
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      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-118598"
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          "name": "RHBZ#2562956",
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            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
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          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2562956"
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        {
          "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/work_items/2976"
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          "value": "Reported to Red Hat."
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          "lang": "en",
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          "value": "Made public."
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      "title": "epiphany: clipboard/website-data permission prompt incorrectly grants camera and microphone access",
      "workarounds": [
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Do not approve Clipboard or Website Data Access prompts on untrusted sites. Review and revoke camera and microphone site permissions in Epiphany (site permissions / privacy settings) for any origin where those prompts were accepted. Prefer browsing untrusted content with media devices disconnected or disabled at the OS level. Upgrade to a fixed Epiphany build containing MR !2249 / commit 480c3648 when available for your stream."
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    "datePublished": "2026-10-31T09:29:34.128Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-10-28T16:47:07.290Z",
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