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CVE-2022-31151 Low

Uncleared cookies on cross-host/cross-origin redirect in undici

Authorization headers are cleared on cross-origin redirect. However, cookie headers which are sensitive headers and are official headers found in the spec, remain uncleared. There are active users using cookie headers in undici. This may lead to accidental leakage of cookie to a 3rd-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the 3rd party site. This was patched in v5.7.1. By default, this vulnerability is not exploitable. Do not enable redirections, i.e. `maxRedirections: 0` (the default).

Exploit probability 0.7%
Published July 20, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change March 14, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown
npm undici

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2022-31151

Authorization headers are cleared on cross-origin redirect. However, cookie headers which are sensitive headers and are official headers found in the spec, remain uncleared. There are active users using cookie headers in undici. This may lead to accidental leakage of cookie to a 3rd-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the 3rd party site. This was patched in v5.7.1. By default, this vulnerability is not exploitable. Do not enable redirections, i.e. `maxRedirections: 0` (the default).

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-q768-x9m6-m9qp

### Impact Authorization headers are already cleared on cross-origin redirect in https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/lib/handler/redirect.js#L189, based on https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/872. However, cookie headers which are sensitive headers and are official headers found in the spec, remain uncleared. There also has been active discussion of implementing a cookie store https://github.com/nodejs/undici/pull/1441, which suggests that there are active users using cookie headers in undici. As such this may lead to accidental leakage of cookie to a 3rd-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the 3rd party site. ### Patches This was patched in v5.8.0. ### Workarounds By default, this vulnerability is not exploitable. Do not enable redirections, i.e. `maxRedirections: 0` (the default). ### References https://hackerone.com/reports/1635514 https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2018-1000007.html https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-27776.html ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [undici repository](https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues) * To make a report, follow the [SECURITY](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/SECURITY.md) document

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence