# CVE-2025-46421: Libsoup: information disclosure may leads libsoup client sends authorization header to a different host when being redirected by a server

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.5
- Published: 2025-04-24 · Updated: 2026-07-25

## Affected

- libsoup: fixed in 3.6.5
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## Description

A flaw was found in libsoup. When libsoup clients encounter an HTTP redirect, they mistakenly send the HTTP Authorization header to the new host that the redirection points to. This allows the new host to impersonate the user to the original host that issued the redirect.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libsoup, libsoup3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4439
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4440
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4508
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4538
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4560
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4568
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4609
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4624
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7436
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7505
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2361962
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/439

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