usn-6155-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-06-15 09:48
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
requests vulnerability
Details

USN-6155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Requests. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests incorrectly leaked Proxy-Authorization headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

References
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  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:13Z",
  "published": "2023-06-15T09:48:17Z",
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