Insufficiently protected credentials in HAARG HTTP::Tiny
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA HTTP::Tiny (HAARG) Fixed in 0.095
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgc4-5jjm-7rr7
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Patch 3
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/84984ef3930ddd4afcf5eb83b40d3cee200739c3.patch
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/e7a03aedf2395158f2b0d3bad2df943349227bb3.patch
- https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/HTTP-Tiny/commit/8f32ca89e21c3ad0422adc698fa6ad17a193f55f.patch
More HAARG vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-06134 HTTP response splitting in HAARG HTTP::Tiny CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-27315 Catalyst::Plugin::Session before version 0.44 for Perl generates session ids insecurely CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-7017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgc4-5jjm-7rr7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-7017 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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