CVE-2026-113440

6.0 MEDIUM 0.3% exploit odds Fix listed Auth & access Server

What it is

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in hackney in benoitc hackney allows a redirecting server to obtain the basic_auth and cookie credentials of a request via a same-host redirect to another scheme or port. With follow_redirect enabled, hackney:follow_redirect/10 in src/hackney.erl reissues the request to the Location target after hackney:maybe_strip_auth_on_redirect/3, which compared only the hostname of the current and the redirect URL. A redirect from https to http on the same host resent the Authorization and Cookie headers in cleartext, where an on-path attacker can read them, and a redirect to another port on the same host handed them to a different service. location_trusted forwards credentials to any target by design and is unchanged. This issue affects hackney: from 2.0.0 before 4.9.0.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure.
Exploit odds: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2026-10-26 10:00 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2026-10-26 14:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-11-02 22:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 6.0 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2026-10-26 14:16 UTC
Last modified: 2026-11-02 22:17 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-522
Record status: Awaiting Analysis

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.0

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Attack requirements: Present
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Passive
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Raw vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record