CVE-2021-22916 (GCVE-0-2021-22916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 10:22 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
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Summary
In Brave Desktop between versions 1.17 and 1.26.60, when adblocking is enabled and a proxy browser extension is installed, the CNAME adblocking feature issues DNS requests that used the system DNS settings instead of the extension's proxy settings, resulting in possible information disclosure.
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CWE
  • CWE-200 - Information Disclosure (CWE-200)
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Vendor Product Version
n/a https://github.com/brave/brave-core Affected: Fixed in 1.26.60
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