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LWP::UserAgent CVE-2026-8368

| EUVD-2026-29492 MEDIUM
Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)
2026-05-12 CPANSec GHSA-39wp-j2gg-h44j
6.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Source Code Evidence Fetched
May 19, 2026 - 20:34 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
May 19, 2026 - 20:34 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 19, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
May 12, 2026 - 14:01 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

LWP::UserAgent versions before 6.83 for Perl leak Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers on cross-origin redirects.

On a 3xx response, the redirect handler strips only Host and Cookie before issuing the follow-up request. Caller-supplied Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers are sent unchanged to the redirect target, including across scheme, host, or port changes.

A redirect to an attacker controlled host therefore discloses the caller's credentials to that host.

AnalysisAI

Credential leakage in LWP::UserAgent before 6.83 (Perl) exposes Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers to attacker-controlled redirect targets across cross-origin 3xx redirects. The library's redirect handler stripped only Host and Cookie on follow-up requests, leaving credential headers intact even when the redirect crossed a scheme, host, or port boundary. …

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CVE-2026-8368 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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