CVE-2018-18074

Published: 9 October 2018

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.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	python-pip needs to a no-change rebuild to pull in the python-requests update for the copy embedded in python-pip-whl

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
python-pip Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.2)
	focal	Not vulnerable
	groovy	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Not vulnerable
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	kinetic	Not vulnerable
	lunar	Not vulnerable
	mantic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed
requests Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.1)
	cosmic	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	focal	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	groovy	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	hirsute	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	impish	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	jammy	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	kinetic	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	lunar	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	mantic	Released (2.18.4-2ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	trusty	Released (2.2.1-1ubuntu0.4)
	upstream	Released (2.20.0)
	xenial	Released (2.9.1-3ubuntu0.1)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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