# CVE-2025-52968: Cross-site request forgery in xdg-utils

> xdg-open may leak SameSite=Strict cookies, potentially facilitating CSRF attacks, though the vulnerability is disputed due to lack of origin context.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** AZL-64296, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52968, GHSA-r9jv-cv83-m4v4, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52968

## What is CVE-2025-52968?

CVE-2025-52968 is a low-severity vulnerability in freedesktop xdg-utils, published on 23 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### 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.

Weakness: CWE-420 (Unprotected Alternate Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52968?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-52968?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-52968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-52968 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-52968 is a low-severity vulnerability in freedesktop xdg-utils, published on 23 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: freedesktop xdg-utils. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52968/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52968
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52968
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52968

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52968/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.