CVE-2023-43804 (GCVE-0-2023-43804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-04 16:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:49
VLAI
Title
`Cookie` HTTP header isn't stripped on cross-origin redirects
Summary
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. urllib3 doesn't treat the `Cookie` HTTP header special or provide any helpers for managing cookies over HTTP, that is the responsibility of the user. However, it is possible for a user to specify a `Cookie` header and unknowingly leak information via HTTP redirects to a different origin if that user doesn't disable redirects explicitly. This issue has been patched in urllib3 version 1.26.17 or 2.0.5.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
urllib3 urllib3 Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6
Affected: < 1.26.17
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