#36923: URLField mangles mailto: URLs
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Reporter: waveywhite | Owner: Vishy Algo
Type: Bug | Status: assigned
Component: Forms | Version: 5.2
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: mailto urlfield | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Jacob Walls):
* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted
* type: Uncategorized => Bug
Comment:
Thanks for the report. Looks like the mangling is happening
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/380d77cccefbe185ddb3f9368d8fdeb7b7cf7108/django/forms/fields.py#L801-L808
here]. We shouldn't assume that "if a domain is not provided, that the
path segment contains the domain" for mailto links.
Tentatively accepting, since this is a security-sensitive area, and we
have to make sure however we adjust this heuristic can't be fooled.
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