CVE-2026-55824
Published:July 31, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 4.13.40 through 5.3.46 and 5.7.0-RC1 through 5.7.6, the crawler leaks auth credentials to external hosts. Contao's crawler tries to prevent confidential HTTP client options from being sent to external domains by creating a scoped client: full options for root page origins, cleaned options for everything else. The cleaner removes Cookie and Authorization headers, but it removes the non-Symfony option names basic_auth and bearer_auth instead of Symfony HttpClient's real auth_basic and auth_bearer options. When contao.crawl.default_http_client_options contains Basic or Bearer authentication for a protected staging/production site, those credentials remain in the "clean" client used for external links or configured additional URIs. An attacker who can get an external URL crawled, for example through a link on a crawled page while the broken-link checker is enabled, can receive the crawler credentials. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.3.47 and 5.7.7.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/contao/contao.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=5.7.0-RC1 <5.7.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.7.7https://github.com/contao/contao.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=4.13.40 <5.3.47Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.47contao/core-bundle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=4.13.40 <5.3.47Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.47contao/core-bundle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=5.7.0-RC1 <5.7.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.7.7Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
2.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
2.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
EPSS
Base Score:
0.15