CVE-2017-17512: Sensible-Utils Project Sensible-Utils

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

Affected products

• Sensible-Utils Project Sensible-Utils: before 0.0.11 (fixed in 0.0.11)

Published 2017-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.