High
ruby-mechanize — security advisory
The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. In versions prior to 2.8.5 the Authorization header is leaked after a redirect to a different port on the same site. Users are advised to upgrade to Mechanize v2.8.5 or later. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- Products
- ruby-mechanize
- Affected versions
- 2.10.1-1, 2.10.1-1.1, 2.14.0-2, 2.8.5-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-31033
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. In versions prior to 2.8.5 the Authorization header is leaked after a redirect to a different port on the same site. Users are advised to upgrade to Mechanize v2.8.5 or later. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31033
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Complete source record
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"https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/commit/17e5381032c90caf240ac3d2e52b353f40c18d83",
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