CVE-2026-4786
7
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
Summary
Mitgation of CVE-2026-4519 was incomplete. If the URL contained "%action" the mitigation could be bypassed for certain browser types the "webbrowser.open()" API could have commands injected into the underlying shell. See CVE-2026-4519 for details.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 0 < 3.13.14 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.14.0a1 < 3.14.5rc1 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0b1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-77: CWE-77
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
python: cpython: Python: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in webbrowser.open() API
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4786
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458049
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4786.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22144
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19589
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13812
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10711
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19019
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28581
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19590
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17619
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26187
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19571
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19570
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21682
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14653
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17525
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19576
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14656
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10774
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10745
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19175
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19177
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19176
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28247
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30078
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30087
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10140
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10141
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8822
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8824
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10117
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9228
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11768
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21275
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148170
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/148169
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JQDUNJVB4AQNTJECSUKOBDU3XCJIPSE5/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5767a72838a8dda9d6dc5d3558075b055c56bca
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d22922c8a7958353689dc4763dd72da2dea03fff
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4654824ae0850ac87227fb270f9057477946769
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28b4ad38067bbdad34edfcd03ad2de5f06387e53
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d6d68494be70bdbda20f89f83801ba52ec37daa4
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