CVE-2022-31033: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. In versions prior to 2.8.5 the Authorization header is leaked after a redirect to a different port on the same site. Users are advised to upgrade to Mechanize v2.8.5 or later. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 35 only; version 36 only
• Mechanize Project Mechanize: before 2.8.5 (fixed in 2.8.5)

Published 2022-06-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.