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GHSA-9857-6mw7-fq2m: gix-transport: HTTP credentials leaked to redirected host in curl backend

May 5, 2026

The curl-based HTTP transport in gix-transport sends user credentials (passwords, tokens) to an attacker-controlled server after an HTTP redirect. When a server responds with a 302 redirect during the initial GET /info/refs, gitoxide records the redirected base URL and rewrites all subsequent requests to point at the redirected host. The Authorization header is still attached because add_basic_auth_if_present() only checks self.url (the original, never-updated URL).

The reqwest backend is not affected. Its custom redirect policy at reqwest/remote.rs lines 60-64 compares prev_url.host_str() to curr_url.host_str() and calls attempt.stop() on cross-domain redirects, so redirected_base_url is never set to a different host.

References

  • github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide
  • github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-9857-6mw7-fq2m
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9857-6mw7-fq2m

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.25.4 before 0.56.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.56.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.56.0 or above.

Impact 6.8 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Source file

cargo/gix-transport/GHSA-9857-6mw7-fq2m.yml

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