PYSEC-2026-3459

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-23 11:41 - Updated: 2026-07-23 14:30
VLAI
Details

Summary

Anki launches a local HTTP server to serve media files and web pages for parts of its interface. While the server has a CORS setup, requests from other origins were not blocked, allowing malicious websites to potentially trigger side-effecting requests.

Browser impact

The severity varies by browser because of Private Network Access (PNA), a newer spec that restricts web pages from making requests to localhost/local network addresses:

Chrome/Chromium (including Edge, Brave): Largely protected, as Chrome has implemented PNA restrictions for several years and now puts local network access behind a permission prompt. Safari: Hasn't implemented PNA yet, though macOS has some OS-level protections. Firefox: Most vulnerable — hasn't implemented PNA yet, though it's reportedly planned for Firefox 151.

Patches

The issue was fixed as of Anki 25.09.3

References

https://x.com/taviso/status/2051310678800253318

Impacted products
Name purl
aqt pkg:pypi/aqt

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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "aqt",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/aqt"
      },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-59153",
    "GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g"
  ],
  "details": "## Summary\n\nAnki launches a local HTTP server to serve media files and web pages for parts of its interface. While the server has a CORS setup, requests from other origins were not blocked, allowing malicious websites to potentially trigger side-effecting requests.\n\n## Browser impact\n\nThe severity varies by browser because of Private Network Access (PNA), a newer spec that restricts web pages from making requests to localhost/local network addresses:\n\nChrome/Chromium (including Edge, Brave): Largely protected, as Chrome has implemented PNA restrictions for several years and now puts local network access behind a permission prompt.\nSafari: Hasn\u0027t implemented PNA yet, though macOS has some OS-level protections.\nFirefox: Most vulnerable \u2014 hasn\u0027t implemented PNA yet, though it\u0027s reportedly planned for Firefox 151.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe issue was fixed as of Anki 25.09.3\n\n### References\n\nhttps://x.com/taviso/status/2051310678800253318",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-3459",
  "modified": "2026-07-23T14:30:45.768596Z",
  "published": "2026-07-23T11:41:44.710117Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ankitects/anki/security/advisories/GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59153"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/858e5689d0e4fd24f74856c7e8f245412694a219"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ankitects/anki"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/25.09.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://x.com/taviso/status/2051310678800253318"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/aqt"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Anki\u0027s local HTTP server does not sufficiently validate requests"
}



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