Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-63481Hurl: Cookies in Cookies section leak when redirecting to a different host
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in hurl from Orange-OpenSource. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Hurl is a command line tool that runs and tests HTTP requests defined in plain text files. In version 8.0.1 and earlier, the redirect handling in packages/hurl/src/http/client.rs strips Authorization and Cookie headers and basic-auth credentials when a redirect changes host, but it carries RequestSpec.cookies created from the dedicated [Cookies] section into the redirected request. An attacker-controlled redirect can therefore receive authentication or session cookies that should remain scoped to the original host. Cookies supplied through a raw Cookie header are stripped and are not affected by this specific path. This issue is reported as fixed in version 8.1.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | rust-hurl | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63481 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rust-hurl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63481 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rust-hurl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63481 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Orange-OpenSource | hurl | <= 8.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-201 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/security/advisories/GHSA-7w2g-9mf9-324m x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/pull/5119 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/commit/ed91c894c2cf11704422010554037e3ba70b446e x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/tag/8.0.1 x_refsource_MISC