CVE-2026-4786
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.0 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-77 · Command injection
- Record status
- Awaiting Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.0
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-4786.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-4786. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28b4ad38067bbdad34edfcd03ad2de5f06387e53
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a4d3edf3a6ecfde504d02126410d2a65a859b744
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5767a72838a8dda9d6dc5d3558075b055c56bca
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d22922c8a7958353689dc4763dd72da2dea03fff
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d6d68494be70bdbda20f89f83801ba52ec37daa4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4654824ae0850ac87227fb270f9057477946769
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148170
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28b4ad38067bbdad34edfcd03ad2de5f06387e53
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a4d3edf3a6ecfde504d02126410d2a65a859b744
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5767a72838a8dda9d6dc5d3558075b055c56bca
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d22922c8a7958353689dc4763dd72da2dea03fff
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d6d68494be70bdbda20f89f83801ba52ec37daa4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4654824ae0850ac87227fb270f9057477946769
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/148169
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148170
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/JQDUNJVB4AQNTJECSUKOBDU3XCJIPSE5/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10117
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10140
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10141
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10711
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10745
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10774
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11768
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13812
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14653
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14656