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AIKIDO-2026-10122

hackney is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Insufficiently Protected CredentialsCVE-2018-1000007

88

High Risk

This Affects:

ELIXIRhackney
0.0.1 - 2.0.1
Fixed in 3.0.0

TL;DR

Affected versions of this package forward authorization headers and credentials when following redirects to a different host, which could lead to credential leakage if a server redirects requests to an untrusted destination. The patched version stops forwarding sensitive headers on cross-host redirects, preventing unintended exposure of credentials.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

hackney is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials in versions 0.0.1 - 2.0.1.

How to fix this

Upgrade the hackney library to the patch version.

Background Info