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CVE-2026-44431: urllib3: Sensitive headers forwarded across origins in proxied low-level redirects

May 11, 2026

When following cross-origin redirects for requests made using urllib3’s high-level APIs, such as urllib3.request(), PoolManager.request(), and ProxyManager.request(), sensitive headers — Authorization, Cookie, and Proxy-Authorization (defined in Retry.DEFAULT_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_REDIRECT) — are stripped by default, as expected.

However, cross-origin redirects followed from the low-level API via ProxyManager.connection_from_url().urlopen(..., assert_same_host=False) still forward these sensitive headers.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qccp-gfcp-xxvc
  • github.com/urllib3/urllib3
  • github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-qccp-gfcp-xxvc
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44431

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.23 before 2.7.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.7.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.7.0 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Source file

pypi/urllib3/CVE-2026-44431.yml

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