# CVE-2026-50288: @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: URL parse failure silently allows request

- Also known as: GHSA-8882-FRVV-92W4
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.136
- Published: 2026-08-21 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- asymmetric-effort specifyjs: fixed in 0.2.136
- @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs (npm): fixed in 0.2.136

## Description

SpecifyJS is a declarative TypeScript user interface framework. Prior to version 0.2.136, when `new URL()` throws a parse error, the `assertSecureUrl` function returned without throwing, silently allowing the request to proceed without HTTPS validation. Starting in version 0.2.136, the catch block now throws an error instead of silently returning.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on asymmetric-effort specifyjs, @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.136) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/security/advisories/GHSA-8882-frvv-92w4
- https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/commit/25d1fb491d99479efdf501f5f75e0bb80c908f0a
- https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/releases/tag/v0.2.136

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