# Mechanize sends credential headers to another host after an HTTP redirect

Advisory record · `GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7` · `CVE-2026-107715`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.8 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-200](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html) · [CWE-522](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md) · [Hard-coded credentials](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/hard-coded-credentials.md)
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 8 Oct 2026, 22:09 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `mechanize` (RubyGems): affected `<2.14.1`; fixed in `2.14.1`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> mechanize before 2.14.1 sends credential headers such as Authorization to another host after a redirect when they were set via request_headers= or per-request headers. An attacker who controls a redirect target, such as through an open redirect or a man-in-the-middle position, can capture those headers. Upgrade to mechanize 2.14.1.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.8 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0050, the 43rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7)
- [OSV: GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7)
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/security/advisories/GHSA-2mwr-xjcg-37j7>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/pull/676>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/commit/02a1235842d6eda8d4a5a3d8f13aba2cecf52e4f>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/commit/94e0902867296be804f36eccbb47acf7d5018745>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/commit/ac49abf2869297d83c3b11bbfb8b18e63b588c95>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize>
- <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/releases/tag/v2.14.1>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

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