CVE-2022-21712 HIGH

CVE-2022-21712: Cookie and header exposure in twisted

Vendor Twisted
Product twisted
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published February 7, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 7, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated