Medium 6.5Published Jul 17, 2026

CVE-2026-54171Excon: redact additional sensitive/risky headers when following redirects

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:30 AM ET)

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Excon is usable, fast, simple HTTP 1.1 for Ruby. Prior to 1.5.0, Excon's RedirectFollower middleware failed to strip additional sensitive headers when following redirects and did not provide a custom list of headers to strip. This could cause inadvertent leakage of sensitive data when the initial request includes header information that is not intended for the new target. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.0.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-201
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

excon excon excon:excon (from the name)	before 1.5.0	CNA record
excon_project excon excon_project:excon	before 1.5.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/excon/excon/security/advisories/GHSA-48rx-c7pg-q66r	x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/excon/excon/pull/901	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/excon/excon/commit/ea89a35308a12f4b791b6c50f2cbd33f94889fa3	x-refsource-misc, patch

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