CVE-2026-4519 (GCVE-0-2026-4519)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-20 15:08 – Updated: 2026-03-25 17:32
VLAI?
Title
webbrowser.open() allows leading dashes in URLs
Summary
The webbrowser.open() API would accept leading dashes in the URL which could be handled as command line options for certain web browsers. New behavior rejects leading dashes. Users are recommended to sanitize URLs prior to passing to webbrowser.open().
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
PSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Python Software Foundation CPython Affected: 0 , < 3.15.0 (python)
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Credits
Seth Larson Gregory P. Smith
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