CVE-2008-5985: Gnome Epiphany

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

Affected products

• Gnome Epiphany: version 2.22.3 only

Published 2009-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.