CVE-2026-47070 PUBLISHED

HTTP/3 redirect handler leaks Authorization and Cookie headers to cross-origin redirect target in hackney

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 18.05.2026 Published: 25.05.2026 Updated: 25.05.2026

Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. The HTTP/3 redirect handler in src/hackney_h3.erl passes the original request headers unchanged to the redirect target without performing any cross-origin check. When a client issues an HTTP/3 request with follow_redirect enabled and includes Authorization or Cookie headers, a server responding with a 3xx redirect to a different host will cause the client to forward those credentials verbatim to the new origin.

The main hackney.erl module has maybe_strip_auth_on_redirect/2 (guarded by the location_trusted option) to address CVE-2018-1000007, but hackney_h3.erl is missing this protection entirely.

This issue affects hackney: from 3.1.1 before 4.0.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor benoitc
Product hackney
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.1.1 to 4.0.1 (excl.)
Vendor benoitc
Product hackney
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e61b7d04b7826847e1efe614106ef4d580c78eab to c58d5b50bade146360b85caf3dc8065807b08246 (excl.)

Credits

  • Peter Ullrich finder
  • Benoit Chesneau remediation developer
  • Jonatan Männchen analyst

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data