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": "\u003c= 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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