Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer Affecting std/net/http package, versions <1.21.8>=1.22.0-0 <1.22.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed5 Mar 2024
- creditJuho Nurminen
Introduced: 5 Mar 2024
CVE-2023-45289 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/net/http to version 1.21.8, 1.22.1 or higher.
Overview
std/net/http is a Go standard library package std/net/http
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer.
Go Vulnerability Report:
When following an HTTP redirect to a domain which is not a subdomain match or exact match of the initial domain, an http.Client does not forward sensitive headers such as "Authorization" or "Cookie". For example, a redirect from foo.com to www.foo.com will forward the Authorization header, but a redirect to bar.com will not.A maliciously crafted HTTP redirect could cause sensitive headers to be unexpectedly forwarded.