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SecureDrop Client CVE-2026-49996

| EUVDEUVD-2026-63576 LOW
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect) (CWE-601)
2026-08-20 security-advisories@github.com
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: github

Severity by source

Vendor (github) PRIMARY
3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI
3.7 LOW

AC:H reflects the prerequisite of a compromised server; C:L covers proxied request data leakage; no integrity or availability impact applies.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (github).

CVSS VectorVendor: github

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Aug 20, 2026 - 20:04 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 20, 2026 - 19:45 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 20, 2026 - 19:45 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

SecureDrop Client is a desktop app for journalists to securely communicate with sources and handle submissions on the SecureDrop Workstation. Prior to version 1.3.1, a malicious SecureDrop Server could bypass securedrop-proxy's origin limitation by responding with cross-origin redirects. SecureDrop Server itself has multiple layers of built-in hardening, and is a dedicated physical machine exposed on the internet only via Tor hidden services for the Source and Journalist interfaces, and optionally via remote SSH access over another Tor hidden service. A newsroom's SecureDrop Workstation communicates only with its own dedicated SecureDrop Server. Version 1.3.1 fixes the issue.

AnalysisAI

Cross-origin redirect bypass in SecureDrop Client prior to 1.3.1 allows a malicious SecureDrop Server to route the securedrop-proxy component's HTTP requests to arbitrary external origins, circumventing the proxy's intended origin restriction. The Rust-based proxy followed HTTP 3xx redirects without validation, so a server-side redirect response could silently exfiltrate request data to a cross-origin destination. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the attacker control or have compromised the target newsroom's dedicated SecureDrop Server - the server must respond with a cross-origin HTTP redirect (status codes 301-308 with a cross-origin Location header). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS score of 3.7 (Low) with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N accurately reflects a narrow threat surface. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Upgrade SecureDrop Client to version 1.3.1, which resolves the issue by setting RedirectPolicy::none() in the securedrop-proxy reqwest client builder, preventing any HTTP redirect from being followed. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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