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.
CVE-2026-57501
- No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
The CVE record names the fixed release — apply it.
- CVSS v3
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- EchelonGraph score
- Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
- EG Score
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- EG Risk
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- EPSS PROB
- 0.5%
- EPSS %ILE
- 41st
- KEV
- Not listed
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
July 9, 2026
Last Modified
July 10, 2026
References (3)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/commit/44f7616238208200547c7df500d945752d7b6379
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/tag/1.21.5b
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-vpvg-hp3v-rm5q
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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