GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-29 19:06
Modified
2024-10-21 21:26
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 2.19.1",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "requests",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.20.0",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2018-18074",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-522",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-06-16T22:02:40Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2018-10-09T17:29:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg",
   modified: "2024-10-21T21:26:17Z",
   published: "2018-10-29T19:06:46Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugs.debian.org/910766",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2018-28.yaml",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/requests/requests",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests",
}


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