GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-grh8-3p95-f9rr Http4s: CookieJar middleware matches by substring, leaking cookies cross-origin
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-69215
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12, org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13, org.http4s:http4s-client_3
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1275, CWE-565
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-15
Affected packages
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-client_3: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47 → fixed in 1.0.0-M47
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-client_3: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47 → fixed in 1.0.0-M47
Description
The `CookieJar` client middleware decides whether to attach a cookie to an outgoing request using an unanchored substring test on the host and path, instead of the domain match specified by RFC6265 5.1.3. A cookie stored for `example.com` is therefore sent to any host whose name merely contains `example.com` (e.g. `evilexample.com`), leaking potentially sensitive cookies to an attacker-chosen host.
Impact
Disclosure of session and authentication cookies to an attacker-controlled host, enabling session hijack of the application's outbound calls.
Preconditions
• Application uses the `CookieJar` client middleware.
• Application can be induced to make an outbound request to a host controlled by the attacker, where the hostname contains the targeted domain as a substring.
Workarounds
• Do not use the `CookieJar` with clients that fetch attacker-influenced URLs
• Apply a separate `CookieJar` per trusted origin.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-69215 Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-grh8-3p95-f9rr web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/c0a37f38d5ee2a568ba57bd9da62f8d79b8b1fcc web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s package
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35 web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47 web