Vulnerability advisory
GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests
Also known as CVE-2018-18074PYSEC-2018-28
Severity
- CVSS 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected versions
Description
The Requests package through 2.19.1 before 2018-09-14 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.
References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074 ↗
- Webgithub.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 ↗
- Webgithub.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 ↗
- Webgithub.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff ↗
- Webaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 ↗
- Webbugs.debian.org/910766 ↗
- Webgithub.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2018-28.yaml ↗
- Packagegithub.com/requests/requests ↗
- Webusn.ubuntu.com/3790-1 ↗
- Webusn.ubuntu.com/3790-2 ↗
- Webwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html ↗
- Webdocs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html ↗