CVE-2026-7017
HTTP::Tiny versions before 0.095 for Perl forward credential headers to cross-origin redirect targets
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
HTTP::Tiny versions before 0.095 for Perl forward credential headers to cross-origin redirect targets. When the server returns a 3xx redirect, `_maybe_redirect` follows the `Location:` header and `_prepare_headers_and_cb` re-merges the caller's `headers` argument into the new request, without checking whether the redirect target shares an origin with the original URL. Caller-supplied `Authorization`, `Cookie` and `Proxy-Authorization` headers are therefore re-sent to whatever host the redirect names, across scheme, host or port boundaries, and including `https` to `http` downgrades that expose them in plaintext on the wire. The HTTP::Tiny POD note that "Authorization headers will not be included in a redirected request" applied only to the URL-userinfo Basic-auth path, not to headers passed explicitly by the caller.
Timeline
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- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (12 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: High 7.1.
Affected products
- affected < 0.095
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to HTTP-Tiny 0.095-TRIAL or later.
References
References7
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/pull/36 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/84984ef3930ddd4afcf5eb83b40d3cee200739c3.patch (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/e7a03aedf2395158f2b0d3bad2df943349227bb3.patch (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/8f32ca89e21c3ad0422adc698fa6ad17a193f55f.patch (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HAARG/HTTP-Tiny-0.095-TRIAL/changes (opens in a new tab)release-notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/07/13 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html (opens in a new tab)
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-42072 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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