FKIE_CVE-2021-28861
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-08-23 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:46
Severity
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
Python 3.x through 3.10 has an open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py due to no protection against multiple (/) at the beginning of URI path which may leads to information disclosure. NOTE: this is disputed by a third party because the http.server.html documentation page states "Warning: http.server is not recommended for production. It only implements basic security checks."
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | python | * | |
| python | python | * | |
| python | python | * | |
| python | python | * | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| python | python | 3.11.0 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 35 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 36 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37 |
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