High severity · published Oct 9, 2018
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 https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for…
7.5
CVSS
6.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.9% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
RE
Requests · Python
before 2.20.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18074
Release Notes
http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/910766
Patch
https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff
Exploit
https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716
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