Description
SecureDrop Client is a desktop app for journalists to securely communicate with sources and handle submissions on the SecureDrop Workstation. Prior to version 1.3.1, a malicious SecureDrop Server could bypass securedrop-proxy's origin limitation by responding with cross-origin redirects. SecureDrop Server itself has multiple layers of built-in hardening, and is a dedicated physical machine exposed on the internet only via Tor hidden services for the Source and Journalist interfaces, and optionally via remote SSH access over another Tor hidden service. A newsroom's SecureDrop Workstation communicates only with its own dedicated SecureDrop Server. Version 1.3.1 fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Freedomofpress
Freedomofpress securedrop-client
Vendors & Products Freedomofpress
Freedomofpress securedrop-client

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description SecureDrop Client is a desktop app for journalists to securely communicate with sources and handle submissions on the SecureDrop Workstation. Prior to version 1.3.1, a malicious SecureDrop Server could bypass securedrop-proxy's origin limitation by responding with cross-origin redirects. SecureDrop Server itself has multiple layers of built-in hardening, and is a dedicated physical machine exposed on the internet only via Tor hidden services for the Source and Journalist interfaces, and optionally via remote SSH access over another Tor hidden service. A newsroom's SecureDrop Workstation communicates only with its own dedicated SecureDrop Server. Version 1.3.1 fixes the issue.
Title securedrop-proxy origin limitation can be bypassed with redirects
Weaknesses CWE-601
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Freedomofpress Securedrop-client
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T19:48:57.931Z

Reserved: 2026-06-02T18:30:51.283Z

Link: CVE-2026-49996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T19:48:54.620Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T19:16:53.757

Modified: 2026-08-20T20:17:34.150

Link: CVE-2026-49996

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T21:00:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-601

    URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')