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CVE-2021-45884
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-12-27T22:15:07.847 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:14:11.410

Summary

In Brave Desktop 1.17 through 1.33 before 1.33.106, when CNAME-based adblocking and a proxying extension with a SOCKS fallback are enabled, additional DNS requests are issued outside of the proxying extension using the system's DNS settings, resulting in information disclosure. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-21323 and CVE-2021-22916.

Affected products

brave — brave

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References

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