CVE-2022-31033 Authorization header leak in rubygem Mechanize

What is CVE-2022-31033?

CVE-2022-31033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. In versions prior to 2.8.5 the Authorization header is leaked after a redirect to a different port on the same site. Users are advised to upgrade to Mechanize v2.8.5 or later. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31033?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mechanize. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mechanize Project Mechanize.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31033?

Upgrade mechanize to 2.8.5 or later.

Is CVE-2022-31033 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31033 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31033, GHSA-64qm-hrgp-pgr9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31033.