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CVE-2018-18074
The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname…
High7.5EPSS 6.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIrequestsGHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- USN-3790-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3790-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/910766 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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