CVE-2023-45143CWE-200

Undici's cookie header not cleared on cross-origin redirect in fetch

Low · published October 12, 2023

CVSS v3.1
3.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
71.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js. Prior to version 5.26.2, Undici already cleared Authorization headers on cross-origin redirects, but did not clear `Cookie` headers. By design, `cookie` headers are forbidden request headers, disallowing them to be set in RequestInit.headers in browser environments. Since undici handles headers more liberally than the spec, there was a disconnect from the assumptions the spec made, and undici's implementation of fetch. As such this may lead to accidental leakage of cookie to a third-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the third party site. This was patched in version 5.26.2. There are no known workarounds.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.9 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01368 · 71.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2023-10-12T16:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 OCT 16:35Z
    Undici's cookie header not cleared on cross-origin redirect in fetch
    cvelistv5