CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18074
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Description
The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.
Affected configurations
• python requests (< 2.20.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
• opensuse leap 15.1
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html www.oracle.com
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html www.oracle.com