Medium severity · published Jul 17, 2026
CVE-2026-54171
Excon: redact additional sensitive/risky headers when following redirects
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
excon · excon
< 1.5.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54171
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54171
Patch
https://github.com/excon/excon/commit/ea89a35308a12f4b791b6c50f2cbd33f94889fa3
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/excon/excon/pull/901
Patch
https://github.com/excon/excon/security/advisories/GHSA-48rx-c7pg-q66r
