GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq
Reverse Tabnabbing in quill
GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in quill, published September 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in quill 1.3.7.
- Severity
- 6.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
1.3.7quill +1 more
Description
Versions of quill prior to 1.3.7 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnabbing. The package uses target='_blank' in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access window.opener for the original page when opening links. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Affected packages
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Reverse Tabnabbing in quill
Versions of quill prior to 1.3.7 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnabbing. The package uses target='_blank' in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access window.opener for the original page when opening links. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1022
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Reverse Tabnabbing in quill
Versions of quill prior to 1.3.7 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnabbing. The package uses target='_blank' in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access window.opener for the original page when opening links. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1022
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1786358308No score
TuxCare security update for quill (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt quill to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 1.3.7-tuxcare.6.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1786358308- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.