CVE-2026-49949
What it is
CodexBar before 0.33.0 contains a credential forwarding vulnerability that allows network-adjacent attackers to intercept sensitive credentials by issuing cross-origin or HTTP-downgrade redirects to the shared ProviderHTTPClient transport. Attackers can redirect credentialed provider requests carrying browser cookies, bearer tokens, or API keys to an unintended host, port, or plaintext HTTP destination to capture those credentials.
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
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 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
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.0
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/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
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/commit/08c171b6b487654a0eb188494fa24bd1c4272a2e
- https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/pull/1237
- https://github.com/steipete/CodexBar/releases/tag/v0.33.0