Description
The Requests package before 2.20.0 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.
Published: 2018-10-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0131 The Requests package before 2.20.0 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3790-1 Requests vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3790-2 Requests vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Opensuse Leap
Python Requests
Redhat Ansible Tower Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:01:14.951Z

Reserved: 2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18074

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-09T17:29:01.897

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:26.530

Link: CVE-2018-18074

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-06-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-18074 - Bugzilla

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