CVE-2025-22227 (GCVE-0-2025-22227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 09:31 – Updated: 2025-07-16 14:39
VLAI
Title
CVE-2025-22227: Authentication Leak On Redirect With Reactor Netty HTTP Client
Summary
In some specific scenarios with chained redirects, Reactor Netty HTTP client leaks credentials. In order for this to happen, the HTTP client must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Reactor Netty Affected: 1.0.x , < 1.0.49 (Reactor BOM 2020.0.48) (commercial)
Affected: 1.1.x , < 1.1.32 (Reactor BOM 2022.0.27 and 2023.0.20) (commercial)
Affected: 1.2.x , < 1.2.8 (Reactor BOM 2024.0.8) (OSS)
Affected: 1.3.x , < 1.3.0-M5 (Reactor BOM 2025.0.0-M5) (OSS)
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Date Public
2025-07-16 09:26
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