CVE-2018-18074

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.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/

https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718

https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716

https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff

https://bugs.debian.org/910766

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html

http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3