CVE-2026-44503

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Publication date:

14/05/2026

Last modified:

14/05/2026

Description

The RedirectHandler middleware in microsoft/kiota-java (com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-http-okHttp v1.9.0) and other Kiota libraries fails to strip sensitive HTTP headers when following 3xx redirects to a different host or scheme. Only the Authorization header is removed; Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, and all custom headers are forwarded to the redirect target.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

7.00

Severity 4.0

HIGH

CVE-2026-44503

Description

Impact

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