CVE-2022-21712 (GCVE-0-2022-21712)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:07
VLAI
Title
Cookie and header exposure in twisted
Summary
twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python. In affected versions twisted exposes cookies and authorization headers when following cross-origin redirects. This issue is present in the `twited.web.RedirectAgent` and `twisted.web. BrowserLikeRedirectAgent` functions. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Vendor Product Version
twisted twisted Affected: >= 11.1.0, < 22.1.0
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