CVE-2026-55824: 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 preven
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55824
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-55824 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Contao is an
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- lowCVE-2026-55825: Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 5.7.0 through 5.7.6, an authenticated backend user w…nvd · 2026-07-31
- lowCVE-2026-57232: Contao is an Open Source CMS. From 5.3.35 through 5.3.47 and from 5.7.0-RC1 through 5.7.8, the…nvd · 2026-07-31
- low[NEW] [low] Contao: Vulnerability allows information disclosurecert-bund · 2026-07-13
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