GHSA-966j-vmvw-g2g9LowCVSS 5.3

AIOHTTP leaks Cookie and Proxy-Authorization headers on cross-origin redirect

Published
April 1, 2026
Last Modified
April 24, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Summary

When following redirects to a different origin, aiohttp drops the Authorization header, but retains the Cookie and Proxy-Authorization headers.

Impact

The Cookie and Proxy-Authorizations headers could contain sensitive information which may be leaked to an unintended party after following a redirect.


Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/5351c980dcec7ad385730efdf4e1f4338b24fdb6

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/aiohttp:<= 3.13.3

🔗 References (5)