USN-7612-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1681)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-07-02 04:59 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
python-flask-cors vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or bypass authentication mechanisms. (CVE-2024-6839) It was discovered that Flask-CORS allowed certain CORS headers to be enabled by default. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-6221) It was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle case sensitivity when matching paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-6866) It was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle certain characters in URL paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or bypass authentication mechanisms. (CVE-2024-6844) Elias Hohl was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly sanitize log entries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt log files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-1681)


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  "details": "It was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle certain regular\nexpressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak\nsensitive information or bypass authentication mechanisms. (CVE-2024-6839)\nIt was discovered that Flask-CORS allowed certain CORS headers to be\nenabled by default. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak\nsensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-6221)  It was\ndiscovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle case sensitivity when\nmatching paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak\nsensitive information. (CVE-2024-6866)  It was discovered that Flask-CORS\ndid not correctly handle certain characters in URL paths. A remote attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or bypass\nauthentication mechanisms. (CVE-2024-6844)  Elias Hohl was discovered that\nFlask-CORS did not correctly sanitize log entries. A remote attacker could\npossibly use this issue to corrupt log files. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-1681)",
  "id": "USN-7612-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:44Z",
  "published": "2025-07-02T04:59:38Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7612-1"
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    },
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    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "python-flask-cors vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1681",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6221",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6839",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6844",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6866"
  ]
}



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