GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-966j-vmvw-g2g9 AIOHTTP leaks Cookie and Proxy-Authorization headers on cross-origin redirect
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-34518
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- aiohttp
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-01
Affected packages
• PyPI aiohttp: < 3.13.4 → fixed in 3.13.4
Description
Summary
When following redirects to a different origin, aiohttp drops the Authorization header, but retains the Cookie and Proxy-Authorization headers.
Impact
The Cookie and Proxy-Authorizations headers could contain sensitive information which may be leaked to an unintended party after following a redirect.
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Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/5351c980dcec7ad385730efdf4e1f4338b24fdb6
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-34518 AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-966j-vmvw-g2g9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34518 advisory
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/5351c980dcec7ad385730efdf4e1f4338b24fdb6 web
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp package
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/releases/tag/v3.13.4 web