GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g
## Summary Anki launches a local HTTP server to serve media files and web pages for parts of its interface. The server fails to validate requests in the following ways: 1. No sufficient validation of the Origin header. 2. Some endpoints are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. This allows malicious websites to exfiltrate local files given a known path. ## 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
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g
- severity
- high
- summary
- Anki's local HTTP server does not sufficiently validate requests
- cve_id
- GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-06-19T22:10:57Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-869j-r97x-hx2g
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-06-19T22:10:58Z
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