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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-21712

In affected versions twisted exposes cookies and authorization headers when following cross-origin redirects.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.38%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python. In affected versions twisted exposes cookies and authorization headers when following cross-origin redirects. This issue is present in the `twited.web.RedirectAgent` and `twisted.web. BrowserLikeRedirectAgent` functions. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.38% probability · 71th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-346
Affected
twisted/twisted · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security-advisories@github.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.