# CVE-2024-45336: Sensitive headers incorrectly sent after cross-domain redirect in net/http

- Also known as: GO-2025-3420, BIT-GOLANG-2024-45336
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.22.11, 1.23.5, 1.24.0-rc.2
- Published: 2025-01-28 · Updated: 2025-09-18

## Affected

- net/http: fixed in 1.22.11; from 1.23.0-0, fixed in 1.23.5; from 1.24.0-0, fixed in 1.24.0-rc.2
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.22.11; from 1.23.0-0, fixed in 1.23.5; from 1.24.0-0, fixed in 1.24.0-rc.2

## Description

The HTTP client drops sensitive headers after following a cross-domain redirect. For example, a request to a.com/ containing an Authorization header which is redirected to b.com/ will not send that header to b.com. In the event that the client received a subsequent same-domain redirect, however, the sensitive headers would be restored. For example, a chain of redirects from a.com/, to b.com/1, and finally to b.com/2 would incorrectly send the Authorization header to b.com/2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on net/http, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.22.11, 1.23.5, 1.24.0-rc.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/cl/643100
- https://go.dev/issue/70530
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/CAWXhan3Jww/m/bk9LAa-lCgAJ
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/bG8cv1muIBM/m/G461hA6lCgAJ
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3420

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