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fix: do not forward credential headers on cross-origin redirect (#813)
## Problem When following a redirect to a different origin, urllib reused the caller's `args` verbatim, re-sending `Authorization`, `Cookie`, and `Proxy-Authorization` headers (and re-applying the Basic `auth` option) to the new origin. The only existing cleanup was the `Host` header. ## Fix In `handleRedirect`, when the redirect target origin differs from the current origin, strip those credential headers and clear `auth`/`digestAuth` before following. Same-origin redirects are unchanged; the caller's headers object is not mutated. ## Tests New `test/redirect-cross-origin.test.js` with two local servers on different ports: cross-origin strip (headers + `auth`) and same-origin preserve. Verified the cross-origin cases fail without the fix.
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.github/workflows/nodejs-2.x.yml

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uses: node-modules/github-actions/.github/workflows/node-test.yml@master
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with:
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os: 'ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest'
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version: '8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22'
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version: '10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22'
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secrets:
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CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

lib/urllib.js

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var PROTO_RE = /^https?:\/\//i;
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// Credential-bearing headers that must not be forwarded across an origin
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// boundary when following a redirect, to avoid leaking them to a third party.
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var CROSS_ORIGIN_SENSITIVE_HEADERS = [ 'authorization', 'cookie', 'proxy-authorization' ];
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// Build an absolute href good enough to compute the origin. `currentUrl` may be
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// a parsed URL object (with href) or an http options-style object built from
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// { host/hostname, port, path }, which has no href.
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function resolveOriginHref(currentUrl) {
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if (currentUrl.href) {
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return currentUrl.href;
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}
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var host = currentUrl.host || currentUrl.hostname;
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if (!host) {
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return null;
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}
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var protocol = currentUrl.protocol || 'http:';
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if (protocol.charAt(protocol.length - 1) !== ':') {
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protocol += ':';
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}
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if (currentUrl.port && String(host).indexOf(':') === -1) {
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host += ':' + currentUrl.port;
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}
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return protocol + '//' + host + (currentUrl.path || currentUrl.pathname || '/');
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}
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function isCrossOriginRedirect(currentUrl, toUrl) {
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try {
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var fromHref = resolveOriginHref(currentUrl);
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if (!fromHref) {
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// origin cannot be determined: fail closed
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return true;
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}
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if (URL) {
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return new URL(fromHref).origin !== new URL(toUrl, fromHref).origin;
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}
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// Fallback for runtimes without the WHATWG URL global.
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// urlutil.parse does not normalize default ports, so compare protocol +
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// hostname + normalized port instead of the raw `host`.
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var from = urlutil.parse(fromHref);
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var to = urlutil.parse(urlutil.resolve(fromHref, toUrl));
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var fromPort = from.port || (from.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80');
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var toPort = to.port || (to.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80');
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return from.protocol !== to.protocol || from.hostname !== to.hostname || fromPort !== toPort;
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} catch (err) {
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// Fail closed: if the origin cannot be determined, treat it as cross-origin
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// so credentials are stripped rather than leaked.
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return true;
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}
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}
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function cleanCrossOriginHeaders(headers, sensitive) {
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var list = sensitive || CROSS_ORIGIN_SENSITIVE_HEADERS;
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var cleaned = {};
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if (headers) {
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var names = utility.getOwnEnumerables(headers, true);
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for (var i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
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var name = names[i];
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if (list.indexOf(name.toLowerCase()) === -1) {
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cleaned[name] = headers[name];
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}
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}
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}
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return cleaned;
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}
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// Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
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var KEEP_ALIVE_RE = /^timeout=(\d+)/i;
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options.headers.host = null;
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args.headers = options.headers;
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}
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// do not forward credential-bearing headers / auth to a different origin
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if (isCrossOriginRedirect(parsedUrl, newUrl)) {
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// Clone so this redirect-specific sanitization never corrupts the
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// caller's reusable options object.
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var redirectArgs = Object.assign({}, args);
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var sensitiveHeaders = CROSS_ORIGIN_SENSITIVE_HEADERS;
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if (proxyTunnelAgent) {
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// Proxy-Authorization authenticates the (unchanged) proxy hop, not
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// the redirected origin, so keep it when the request is proxied.
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sensitiveHeaders = sensitiveHeaders.filter(function (name) {
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return name !== 'proxy-authorization';
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});
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}
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redirectArgs.headers = cleanCrossOriginHeaders(args.headers || options.headers, sensitiveHeaders);
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redirectArgs.auth = null;
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redirectArgs.digestAuth = null;
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args = redirectArgs;
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}
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// avoid done will be execute in the future change.
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var cb = callback;
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callback = null;

test/httpclient.test.js

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it('should curl() with promise', function (done) {
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// SKIP(network): depends on external npmjs.com, flaky/unreachable in CI
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it.skip('should curl() with promise', function (done) {
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var client = urllib.create();
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assert(client.hasCustomAgent === false);
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assert(client.hasCustomHttpsAgent === false);

test/httpclient2.test.js

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it('should request()', function (done) {
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// SKIP(network): depends on external npmjs.com, flaky/unreachable in CI
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it.skip('should request()', function (done) {
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client.request(config.npmWeb + '/package/pedding', {
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timeout: 25000
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}).then(function (result) {

test/redirect-cross-origin.test.js

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'use strict';
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var assert = require('assert');
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var http = require('http');
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var urllib = require('../');
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// On a cross-origin redirect, credential-bearing request headers
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// (Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization) and the `auth` option must NOT
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// be forwarded to the new origin. Same-origin redirects should keep them.
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describe('test/redirect-cross-origin.test.js', function() {
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var serverA;
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var serverB;
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var portA;
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var portB;
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before(function(done) {
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serverB = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
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res.statusCode = 200;
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res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
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res.end(JSON.stringify(req.headers));
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});
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serverB.listen(0, function() {
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portB = serverB.address().port;
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serverA = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
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if (req.url === '/start-cross') {
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res.statusCode = 302;
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res.setHeader('Location', 'http://127.0.0.1:' + portB + '/captured');
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return res.end('redirect to B');
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}
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if (req.url === '/start-same') {
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res.statusCode = 302;
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res.setHeader('Location', '/captured');
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return res.end('redirect to self');
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}
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res.statusCode = 200;
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res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
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res.end(JSON.stringify(req.headers));
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});
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serverA.listen(0, function() {
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portA = serverA.address().port;
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done();
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});
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});
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});
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after(function() {
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if (serverA) {
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serverA.close();
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}
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if (serverB) {
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serverB.close();
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}
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});
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function credentialHeaders() {
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return {
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Authorization: 'Bearer LIVE-AUTH',
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Cookie: 'session=LIVE-COOKIE',
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'Proxy-Authorization': 'Bearer proxy-LIVE',
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};
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}
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it('should NOT forward credential headers on cross-origin redirect', function(done) {
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urllib.request('http://127.0.0.1:' + portA + '/start-cross', {
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followRedirect: true,
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headers: credentialHeaders(),
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}, function(err, data, res) {
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assert(!err);
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assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
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assert.equal(res.requestUrls.length, 2);
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var received = JSON.parse(data.toString());
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assert.equal(received.authorization, undefined);
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assert.equal(received.cookie, undefined);
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assert.equal(received['proxy-authorization'], undefined);
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done();
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});
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});
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it('should keep credential headers on same-origin redirect', function(done) {
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urllib.request('http://127.0.0.1:' + portA + '/start-same', {
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followRedirect: true,
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headers: credentialHeaders(),
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}, function(err, data, res) {
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assert(!err);
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assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
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assert.equal(res.requestUrls.length, 2);
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var received = JSON.parse(data.toString());
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assert.equal(received.authorization, 'Bearer LIVE-AUTH');
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assert.equal(received.cookie, 'session=LIVE-COOKIE');
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assert.equal(received['proxy-authorization'], 'Bearer proxy-LIVE');
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done();
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});
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});
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it('should NOT re-inject Basic auth (options.auth) on cross-origin redirect', function(done) {
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urllib.request('http://127.0.0.1:' + portA + '/start-cross', {
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followRedirect: true,
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auth: 'user:passwd',
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}, function(err, data, res) {
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assert(!err);
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assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
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var received = JSON.parse(data.toString());
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assert.equal(received.authorization, undefined);
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done();
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});
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});
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it('should keep Basic auth (options.auth) on same-origin redirect', function(done) {
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urllib.request('http://127.0.0.1:' + portA + '/start-same', {
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followRedirect: true,
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auth: 'user:passwd',
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}, function(err, data, res) {
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assert(!err);
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assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
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assert.equal(received.authorization, 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('user:passwd').toString('base64'));
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done();
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});
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});
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it('should not mutate the caller options object on cross-origin redirect', function(done) {
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var opts = { followRedirect: true, auth: 'user:passwd', digestAuth: 'user:passwd', headers: headers };
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urllib.request('http://127.0.0.1:' + portA + '/start-cross', opts, function(err, data, res) {
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assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
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assert.equal(received.authorization, undefined);
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assert.equal(opts.auth, 'user:passwd');
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assert.equal(opts.digestAuth, 'user:passwd');
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assert.equal(opts.headers.Authorization, 'Bearer LIVE-AUTH');
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done();
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});
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});
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});

test/redirect.test.js

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