urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. From 1.23 to before 2.7.0, cross-origin redirects followed from the low-level API via ProxyManager.connection_from_url().urlopen(..., assert_same_host=False) still forward these sensitive headers. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0.
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Wed, 13 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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| Description | urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. From 1.23 to before 2.7.0, cross-origin redirects followed from the low-level API via ProxyManager.connection_from_url().urlopen(..., assert_same_host=False) still forward these sensitive headers. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0. | |
| Title | urllib3: Sensitive headers forwarded across origins in proxied low-level redirects | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-05-13T17:17:07.339Z
Reserved: 2026-05-06T14:40:00.954Z
Link: CVE-2026-44431
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-13T16:16:57.150
Modified: 2026-05-13T17:06:37.307
Link: CVE-2026-44431
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