CVE-2026-44979
@hapi/wreck : Sensitive `Proxy-Authorization` header leaked across cross-hostname redirects
- Published
- Updated
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- GitHub_M
Description
@hapi/wreck is an HTTP client utility. Prior to 18.1.1, when @hapi/wreck follows a 3xx redirect to a different hostname, only the Authorization and Cookie headers are stripped, and the standard credential header Proxy-Authorization is forwarded intact to the redirect target, potentially exposing forward-proxy credentials to a host outside the original trust boundary when redirects are enabled through the redirects option or Wreck.defaults({ redirects: ... }). This issue is fixed in version 18.1.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npm@hapi/wreckGHSA-vhjm-w67q-g75c (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/security/advisories/GHSA-vhjm-w67q-g75c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/pull/312 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/commit/a5b6fac9c684621c1d5733d10a0257697cfea373 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/releases/tag/v18.1.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vhjm-w67q-g75c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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