CVE-2018-20060
N/A
Published: December 11, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraURLLIB3
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2272
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649153
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5SJERZEJDSUYQP7BNBXMBHRHGY26HRZD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BXLAXHM3Z6DUCXZ7ZXZ2EAYJXWDCZFCT/
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2272x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649153x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/blob/master/CHANGES.rstx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/1316x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/pull/1346Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5SJERZEJDSUYQP7BNBXMBHRHGY26HRZD/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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