Strips the Referer header down to an origin when it's size exceeds 4k.

Motivation

As noted in https://github.com/xsleaks/xsleaks/wiki/Browser-Side-Channels#cache-and-error-events, servers will often behave in unexpected ways when presented with an overly-long `Referer` header. This is unfortunate, as `Referer` is one header whose length attackers generally retain control over when generating `no-cors` requests.

Documentation

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink>SecurityFeature>Referrer


Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 77
  • Chrome for Android release 77
  • Android WebView release 77

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Owner

Last updated on 2020-12-21