CVE-2026-57501CWE-266

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

published July 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
0.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
0.0 · NONE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00506 · 42.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Published
2026-07-09T22:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JUL 22:27Z
    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
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