CVE-2018-18074
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2018-10-09
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Leap (Opensuse)
- Requests (Python)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
