Tauri: Origin Confusion Allows Remote Pages to Invoke Local-Only IPC Commands
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Tauri is a framework for building binaries for all major desktop platforms. From 2.0 to 2.11.0, a flaw in Tauri's is_local_url() function causes it to incorrectly classify remote URLs as trusted local origins on Windows and Android. On these systems, Tauri maps custom URI scheme protocols to http://<scheme>.localhost/ because those platforms' WebView implementations cannot serve custom URI schemes directly. The issue is that Tauri's check to see if the origin is local, only checks the first subdomain of the URL. An attacker can abuse this by hosting a page on a domain whose subdomain matches the custom scheme of the application. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.10.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tauri-apps | tauri | 2.0 to before 2.11.1 | 2.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | tauri (crates.io) | 2.0.0 to before 2.11.1 | 2.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-7gmj-67g7-phm9 |
- tauri Vendortauri-apps Affected 2.0 to before 2.11.1 Fixed in 2.11.1 Patch available CNA
- tauri (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.11.1 Fixed in 2.11.1 Patch available GHSA-7gmj-67g7-phm9
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tauri:tauri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 to before 2.10.3 | Vulnerable | tauri-apps |
- cpe:2.3:a:tauri:tauri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.10.3 Vulnerable ·tauri-apps
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tauri (tauri-apps) Fixed in 2.11.1
- Fix · GHSA-7gmj-67g7-phm9 tauri (crates.io) Fixed in 2.11.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42184
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7gmj-67g7-phm9
References
More tauri-apps Tauri vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-18594 The readDir Endpoint Scope can be Bypassed With Symbolic Links in Tauri CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2023-24757 Updater Private Keys Possibly Leaked via Vite Environment Variables in tauri-cli CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2022-22815 Tauri vulnerable to path traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2023-17285 Tauri vulnerable to Regression on Filesystem Scope Checks for Dotfiles CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14844 Tauri Open Redirect Vulnerability Possibly Exposes IPC to External Sites CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-20215 Tauri Filesystem Scope can be Partially Bypassed CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-42184 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42184 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7gmj-67g7-phm9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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