CVE-2022-21712

HIGH

Twisted < 22.1.0 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python. In affected versions twisted exposes cookies and authorization headers when following cross-origin redirects. This issue is present in the `twited.web.RedirectAgent` and `twisted.web. BrowserLikeRedirectAgent` functions. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds.

References (7)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/af8fe78542a6f2bf2235ccee8158d9c88d31e8e2

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Release Notes, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-22.1.0

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-92x2-jw7w-xvvx

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00021.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7U6KYDTOLPICAVSR34G2WRYLFBD2YW5K/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLKHA6WREIVAMBQD7KKWYHPHGGNKMAG6/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-02

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 47.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-346 CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (5)

twisted/twisted < 22.1.0

debian/debian_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

pypi/Twisted < 22.1.0PyPI

Timeline

Published Feb 07, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026