Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
Lightpanda: fetch() and XMLHttpRequest attach session cookies to cross-origin requests regardless of credentials mode
CVE-2026-52843
Description
Lightpanda is a headless browser designed for AI and automation. Prior to 0.2.9, Lightpanda fetch() and XMLHttpRequest unconditionally attached session cookies to every HTTP request, ignoring credentials: omit, credentials: same-origin, credentials: include, and XMLHttpRequest.withCredentials, allowing an attacker-controlled origin in a Lightpanda session to issue authenticated cross-origin requests against a victim origin. This issue is fixed in version 0.2.9.
Affected products
1- Range: <0.2.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/commit/2cdaac780bed65db98bbb6ed2ad5bc6011863c76mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/pull/2155mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/releases/tag/0.2.9mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/security/advisories/GHSA-36mm-v3c2-24ccmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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