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Fix failure to strip Authorization header on HTTP downgrade

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 9, 2022 in guzzle/guzzle • Updated Jul 24, 2023

Package

composer guzzlehttp/guzzle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 7.0.0, < 7.4.4
>= 4.0.0, < 6.5.7

Patched versions

7.4.4
6.5.7

Description

Impact

Authorization headers on requests are sensitive information. On making a request using the https scheme to a server which responds with a redirect to a URI with the http scheme, we should not forward the Authorization header on. This is much the same as to how we don't forward on the header if the host changes. Prior to this fix, https to http downgrades did not result in the Authorization header being removed, only changes to the host.

Patches

Affected Guzzle 7 users should upgrade to Guzzle 7.4.4 as soon as possible. Affected users using any earlier series of Guzzle should upgrade to Guzzle 6.5.7 or 7.4.4.

Workarounds

An alternative approach would be to use your own redirect middleware, rather than ours, if you are unable to upgrade. If you do not require or expect redirects to be followed, one should simply disable redirects all together.

References

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please get in touch with us in #guzzle on the PHP HTTP Slack. Do not report additional security advisories in that public channel, however - please follow our vulnerability reporting process.

References

@GrahamCampbell GrahamCampbell published to guzzle/guzzle Jun 9, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 9, 2022
Reviewed Jun 9, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 10, 2022
Last updated Jul 24, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2022-31043

GHSA ID

GHSA-w248-ffj2-4v5q

Source code

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