CVE-2026-69212
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Authorization Header Leak in Http4s via HTTPS-to-HTTP Redirect
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-69212, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-15
Last updated on: 2026-09-15
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
Description
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, The FollowRedirect client middleware strips Authorization and Cookie headers only when a redirect changes authority, but authority comparison excludes the URI scheme. A same-authority redirect from HTTPS to HTTP therefore preserves credentials and transmits them over a plaintext connection. An attacker who can induce the downgrade and observe the network can capture those sensitive headers from applications using FollowRedirect. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-319 | The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. |
| CWE-200 | The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. |