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PHOENIX LIVE VIEW PATCHES SCHEME VALIDATION BYPASS
By RepoJournal · Filed · About Elixir & Phoenix
Phoenix LiveView 1.2.7 ships an emergency security fix for a scheme validation bypass that could let attackers inject malicious URLs into your application.
The LiveView team cut a release overnight to close CVE-2026-58228 [1], a vulnerability in Phoenix.LiveView.Utils that fails to properly validate URI schemes. This is the kind of silent killer that gets exploited in production before you notice it. The fix is in , and you need it before your next deploy. On the Elixir side, the core team landed a documentation fix for Process.dest() and Process.send/3 [2], tightening up specs that were causing confusion in the typechecker. LiveView also reverted a recent commit and added test coverage [3] to prevent regression. Minor stuff compared to the security hole, but worth noting if you're tracking every merge.
Action items
- → Upgrade phoenix_live_view to 1.2.7 immediately phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view [immediate]
- → Audit any LiveView components that construct or validate URLs for scheme-injection risks phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view [immediate]
- → Review Process.dest() and Process.send/3 type specs in your codebase if you're running strict typechecking elixir-lang/elixir [plan]
References
- [1] v1.2.7 ↗ phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view
- [2] Fix `Process.dest()` spec and `Process.send/3` doc upd ↗ elixir-lang/elixir
- [3] revert 4b63216, add test phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view