Authorization-header disclosure via HTTPS downgrade redirects
Published Jun 9, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Sensitive-information exposure in Guzzle before 6.5.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.4.3 allows attackers to read Authorization headers. RedirectMiddleware.modifyRequest stripped Authorization only when the destination host changed, so a same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect retained the header. Exploitation requires an application to send an Authorization header and follow a server-controlled downgrade redirect, exposing the credential to the HTTP destination and network observers.
Summary
What happened
Sensitive-information exposure in Guzzle before 6.5.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.4.3 allows attackers to read Authorization headers. RedirectMiddleware.modifyRequest stripped Authorization only when the destination host changed, so a same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect retained the header. Exploitation requires an application to send an Authorization header and follow a server-controlled downgrade redirect, exposing the credential to the HTTP destination and network observers.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-31043
- Published
- Jun 9, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Guzzle
- Product
- Guzzle
- Classifications
- CWE-200, CWE-212
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 6.5.7
- Affected versionversion=>=7.0.0, < 7.4.4
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