UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6866 (CVE-2024-6866)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-03-20 10:15 – Updated: 2026-01-20 05:17 – Source websitecorydolphin/flask-cors version 4.01 contains a vulnerability where the request path matching is case-insensitive due to the use of the try_match function, which is originally intended for matching hosts. This results in a mismatch because paths in URLs are case-sensitive, but the regex matching treats them as case-insensitive. This misconfiguration can lead to significant security vulnerabilities, allowing unauthorized origins to access paths meant to be restricted, resulting in data exposure and potential data leaks.
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"details": "corydolphin/flask-cors version 4.01 contains a vulnerability where the request path matching is case-insensitive due to the use of the `try_match` function, which is originally intended for matching hosts. This results in a mismatch because paths in URLs are case-sensitive, but the regex matching treats them as case-insensitive. This misconfiguration can lead to significant security vulnerabilities, allowing unauthorized origins to access paths meant to be restricted, resulting in data exposure and potential data leaks.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6866",
"modified": "2026-01-20T05:17:08Z",
"published": "2025-03-20T10:15:00Z",
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