CVE-2025-46421
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2025-04-24 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A flaw was found in libsoup. When libsoup clients encounter an HTTP redirect, they mistakenly send the HTTP Authorization header to the new host that the redirection points to. This allows the new host to impersonate the user to the original host that issued the redirect.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (libsoup) | ELSA-2025-4560 | 2025-05-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (libsoup) | ELSA-2025-7436 | 2025-05-22 |
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