The webbrowser.open() API would accept leading dashes in the URL which could be handled as command line options for certain web browsers. New behavior rejects leading dashes. Users are recommended to sanitize URLs prior to passing to webbrowser.open().
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:6256 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6256
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:6281 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6281
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:6283 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6283
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:6286 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6286
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:6285 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6285
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:6473 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6473
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:6766 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6766
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2026:7010 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7010
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2026:7244 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7244