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gh-137586: Open external osascript program with absolute path #137584

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Open web browser with absolute path
fionn Aug 9, 2025
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Invoke osascript with absolute path in turtledemo
fionn Oct 16, 2025
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Add NEWS entry for osascript path
fionn Oct 16, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into no-path-injection
gpshead Apr 5, 2026
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Be more specific in news item
fionn Apr 6, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Lib/test/test_webbrowser.py
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Expand Up @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def test_default_open(self):
url = "https://python.org"
self.browser.open(url)
self.assertTrue(self.popen_pipe._closed)
self.assertEqual(self.popen_pipe.cmd, "osascript")
self.assertEqual(self.popen_pipe.cmd, "/usr/bin/osascript")
script = self.popen_pipe.pipe.getvalue()
self.assertEqual(script.strip(), f'open location "{url}"')

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Lib/turtledemo/__main__.py
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Expand Up @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename=None):
# so that our menu bar appears.
subprocess.run(
[
'osascript',
'/usr/bin/osascript',
'-e', 'tell application "System Events"',
'-e', 'set frontmost of the first process whose '
'unix id is {} to true'.format(os.getpid()),
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Lib/webbrowser.py
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Expand Up @@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=True):
end
'''

osapipe = os.popen("osascript", "w")
osapipe = os.popen("/usr/bin/osascript", "w")
if osapipe is None:
return False

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-17-01-07-03.gh-issue-137586.kVzxvp.rst
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Invoke osascript with absolute path.
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