headerscrub: Go lib strips auth headers on cross-origin redirects

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:48:59 +0000

Engineer — Learn: Addresses a real credential-leak risk: Go’s default http.Client follows redirects with all headers intact, which can expose tokens like X-Api-Key to unintended origins. Evaluate this library if your Go services make authenticated outbound HTTP requests that may follow redirects.
SOC/IR — Skip
Leader — Skip

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