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MEDIUM6.8

GHSA-grh8-3p95-f9rr

Http4s: CookieJar middleware matches by substring, leaking cookies cross-origin

Quick fix

GHSA-grh8-3p95-f9rr — org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>0.23.35</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12

Details

The `CookieJar` client middleware decides whether to attach a cookie to an outgoing request using an unanchored substring test on the host and path, instead of the domain match specified by RFC6265 5.1.3. A cookie stored for `example.com` is therefore sent to any host whose name merely contains `example.com` (e.g. `evilexample.com`), leaking potentially sensitive cookies to an attacker-chosen host.

## Impact

Disclosure of session and authentication cookies to an attacker-controlled host, enabling session hijack of the application's outbound calls.

## Preconditions

- Application uses the `CookieJar` client middleware. - Application can be induced to make an outbound request to a host controlled by the attacker, where the hostname contains the targeted domain as a substring.

## Workarounds

- Do not use the `CookieJar` with clients that fetch attacker-influenced URLs - Apply a separate `CookieJar` per trusted origin.

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Affected packages

Maven/org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.23.35
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>0.23.35</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_2.12
Maven/org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.23.35
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>0.23.35</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13
Maven/org.http4s:http4s-client_3
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.23.35
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>0.23.35</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_3
Maven/org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13
Introduced in: 1.0.0-M1Fixed in: 1.0.0-M47
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>1.0.0-M47</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_2.13
Maven/org.http4s:http4s-client_3
Introduced in: 1.0.0-M1Fixed in: 1.0.0-M47
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>1.0.0-M47</version> for org.http4s:http4s-client_3

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