Open redirect in Phoenix.LiveView.validate_local_url!/2 via ASCII tab, LF and CR
Published Aug 10, 2026
2.1
LOWCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in phoenixframework phoenix_live_view allows an attacker to send a victim's browser to an origin of the attacker's choosing via a :to value containing ASCII tab, LF or CR.
redirect/2 validates :to through the private validate_local_url!/2 in lib/phoenix_live_view.ex, which is intended to guarantee the target is a path within the application. It rejects a leading // and any backslash, but not ASCII tab, LF or CR. Browsers strip those three characters before parsing a URL, so a value such as /<TAB>/example.com passes validation as a path and is then resolved as the scheme-relative URL //example.com. The live navigation functions share the guard but are not affected, because the client expands their target against the current origin. push_patch/2 is also affected before 0.7.0, which is when that expansion was added.
This issue affects phoenix_live_view: from 0.5.0 before 1.0.19, from 1.1.0-rc.0 before 1.1.33, and from 1.2.0-rc.0 before 1.2.9.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ 0.5.0, < 1.0.19
- ≥ 1.1.0-rc.0, < 1.1.33
- ≥ 1.2.0-rc.0, < 1.2.9
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Affected
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Phoenixframework | Phoenix Live View | unaffected | Affected
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| Phoenixframework | Phoenix Live View | unaffected | Affected |
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Vendor solution
Reject any untrusted value containing ASCII tab, LF or CR before passing it as :to to redirect/2, or to push_patch/2 before 0.7.0. Alternatively, map client-supplied navigation targets to a fixed set of known-good paths rather than forwarding the value.
References (7)
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-64941.html related
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-55263 Advisory
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/commit/0b8c733133466912f81adecaea72b6712370242e patch
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/commit/1c164f83df0bb922dfff9c60d125da5b0cfd6619 patch
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/commit/2068b304d71907064b159b6bc60c5ad85a876ecf patch
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/security/advisories/GHSA-36m4-rm57-3prf exploitvendor-advisoryrelated
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-64941 related
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