Environment details
- Core - HttpRequest in google-http-client
- OS type and version: Any
- Java version: Any (Java 8+)
- google-http-client version: reproducible on current main
Problem Statement
When HttpRequest follows a redirect to a different origin (different scheme, host, or port),
the Cookie header is not stripped. Additionally, Authorization headers set via interceptors
(e.g. BasicAuthentication) are re-applied by the interceptor on subsequent redirect
iterations regardless of destination origin. This can cause credentials to be silently
forwarded to attacker-controlled servers.
Steps to reproduce
- Build an HttpRequest with an Authorization interceptor (e.g. BasicAuthentication) and a
Cookie header.
- Configure the transport to return a 302 redirect to a cross-origin URL (different host).
- Execute the request.
- Observe that the second request (to the cross-origin target) still includes Authorization
and Cookie headers.
Proposed Fix
In handleRedirect(), compute whether the new URL is same-origin as the old URL (comparing
scheme, host, and effective port). Strip Cookie header if cross-origin. In execute(), before
each retry, compare current URL origin to original origin and strip Authorization and Cookie
if the URL has changed to a different origin (e.g. after a previous redirect).
Add getEffectivePort() and isSameOrigin() helpers to normalize default ports (80 for http,
443 for https).
Three regression tests are included in the accompanying PR covering same-origin,
cross-origin host change, scheme change, and port change scenarios.
Environment details
Problem Statement
When HttpRequest follows a redirect to a different origin (different scheme, host, or port),
the Cookie header is not stripped. Additionally, Authorization headers set via interceptors
(e.g. BasicAuthentication) are re-applied by the interceptor on subsequent redirect
iterations regardless of destination origin. This can cause credentials to be silently
forwarded to attacker-controlled servers.
Steps to reproduce
Cookie header.
and Cookie headers.
Proposed Fix
In handleRedirect(), compute whether the new URL is same-origin as the old URL (comparing
scheme, host, and effective port). Strip Cookie header if cross-origin. In execute(), before
each retry, compare current URL origin to original origin and strip Authorization and Cookie
if the URL has changed to a different origin (e.g. after a previous redirect).
Add getEffectivePort() and isSameOrigin() helpers to normalize default ports (80 for http,
443 for https).
Three regression tests are included in the accompanying PR covering same-origin,
cross-origin host change, scheme change, and port change scenarios.