GHSA-v845-jxx5-vc9f

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    GHSA-v845-jxx5-vc9f

    Published: 2 Oct 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: `Cookie` HTTP header isn't stripped on cross-origin redirects

    Details: 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. Users **must** handle redirects themselves instead of relying on urllib3's automatic redirects to achieve safe processing of the `Cookie` header, thus we decided to strip the header by default in order to further protect users who aren't using the correct approach. ## Affected usages We believe the number of usages affected by this advisory is low. It requires all of the following to be true to be exploited: * Using an affected version of urllib3 (patched in v1.26.17 and v2.0.6) * Using the `Cookie` header on requests, which is mostly typical for impersonating a browser. * Not disabling HTTP redirects * Either not using HTTPS or for the origin server to redirect to a malicious origin. ## Remediation * Upgrading to at least urllib3 v1.26.17 or v2.0.6 * Disabling HTTP redirects using `redirects=False` when sending requests. * Not using the `Cookie` header.

    References: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-v845-jxx5-vc9f, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43804, https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/01220354d389cd05474713f8c982d05c9b17aafb, https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/644124ecd0b6e417c527191f866daa05a5a2056d, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2023-192.yaml, https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00012.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00020.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5F5CUBAN5XMEBVBZPHFITBLMJV5FIJJ5, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I3PR7C6RJ6JUBQKIJ644DMIJSUP36VDY, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NDAGZXYJ7H2G3SB47M453VQVNAWKAEJJ, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241213-0007, https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2023-43804-urllib3-vulnerability-3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: urllib3

    Purl: pkg:pypi/urllib3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0
    Fixed -2.0.6

    Affected versions

    2.0.0
    2.0.1
    2.0.2
    2.0.3
    2.0.4
    2.0.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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