# CVE-2026-44979: @hapi/wreck : Sensitive \`Proxy-Authorization\` header leaked across cross-hostname redirects

- Also known as: GHSA-VHJM-W67Q-G75C
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.1.1
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- hapijs wreck: fixed in 18.1.1
- @hapi/wreck (npm): fixed in 18.1.1

## Description

@hapi/wreck is an HTTP client utility. Prior to 18.1.1, when @hapi/wreck follows a 3xx redirect to a different hostname, only the Authorization and Cookie headers are stripped, and the standard credential header Proxy-Authorization is forwarded intact to the redirect target, potentially exposing forward-proxy credentials to a host outside the original trust boundary when redirects are enabled through the redirects option or Wreck.defaults({ redirects: ... }). This issue is fixed in version 18.1.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hapijs wreck, @hapi/wreck, upgrade to a fixed version (18.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/security/advisories/GHSA-vhjm-w67q-g75c
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/pull/312
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/commit/a5b6fac9c684621c1d5733d10a0257697cfea373
- https://github.com/hapijs/wreck/releases/tag/v18.1.1

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