urllib is an HTTP client for Node.js that supports authentication, redirects, timeouts, and other request features. Prior to 4.9.1 and 2.44.1, urllib follows redirects through followRedirect but reuses caller-supplied options across origins. In src/HttpClient.ts, #requestInternal recursively calls this.#requestInternal(nextUrl.href, options, requestContext), causing options.headers and auth or digestAuth values to be reused when the redirect target has a different scheme, host, or port. Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, x-api-key, x-auth-token, and x-access-token can therefore be sent to an attacker-controlled redirected origin, exposing credentials intended for the original origin and potentially allowing reuse against the original partner API or related services. No user interaction is required. This issue is fixed in versions 2.44.1 and 4.9.1.
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GHSA-hq3h-g68c-hp78 | urllib's cross-origin redirects preserve credential-bearing request headers, leading to potential credential leakage |
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | urllib is an HTTP client for Node.js that supports authentication, redirects, timeouts, and other request features. Prior to 4.9.1 and 2.44.1, urllib follows redirects through followRedirect but reuses caller-supplied options across origins. In src/HttpClient.ts, #requestInternal recursively calls this.#requestInternal(nextUrl.href, options, requestContext), causing options.headers and auth or digestAuth values to be reused when the redirect target has a different scheme, host, or port. Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, x-api-key, x-auth-token, and x-access-token can therefore be sent to an attacker-controlled redirected origin, exposing credentials intended for the original origin and potentially allowing reuse against the original partner API or related services. No user interaction is required. This issue is fixed in versions 2.44.1 and 4.9.1. | |
| Title | urllib: Cross-origin redirects preserve credential-bearing request headers, leading to potential credential leakage | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-201 CWE-522 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-25T16:18:21.519Z
Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:11:20.213Z
Link: CVE-2026-55553
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-25T17:17:32.113
Modified: 2026-08-25T17:17:32.113
Link: CVE-2026-55553
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