Guzzle is an open source PHP HTTP client. In affected versions Authorization headers on requests are sensitive information. On making a request using the https scheme to a server which responds with a redirect to a URI with the http scheme, we should not forward the Authorization header on. This is much the same as to how we dont forward on the header if the host changes. Prior to this fix, https to http downgrades did not result in the Authorization header being removed, only changes to the host. Affected Guzzle 7 users should upgrade to Guzzle 7.4.4 as soon as possible. Affected users using any earlier series of Guzzle should upgrade to Guzzle 6.5.7 or 7.4.4. Users unable to upgrade may consider an alternative approach which would be to use their own redirect middleware. Alternately users may simply disable redirects all together if redirects are not expected or required.
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guzzle | Guzzlephp | * | 6.5.7 (excluding) |
| Guzzle | Guzzlephp | 7.0.0 (including) | 7.4.4 (excluding) |
| Guzzle | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Guzzle | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Guzzle | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
There are many different kinds of mistakes that introduce information exposures. The severity of the error can range widely, depending on the context in which the product operates, the type of sensitive information that is revealed, and the benefits it may provide to an attacker. Some kinds of sensitive information include:
Information might be sensitive to different parties, each of which may have their own expectations for whether the information should be protected. These parties include:
Information exposures can occur in different ways:
It is common practice to describe any loss of confidentiality as an “information exposure,” but this can lead to overuse of CWE-200 in CWE mapping. From the CWE perspective, loss of confidentiality is a technical impact that can arise from dozens of different weaknesses, such as insecure file permissions or out-of-bounds read. CWE-200 and its lower-level descendants are intended to cover the mistakes that occur in behaviors that explicitly manage, store, transfer, or cleanse sensitive information.