CVE-2018-20060

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20060
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-11 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:56:00 UTC
Descriptionurllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Python Urllib3 All All All All
Application Python Urllib3 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2686-1] python-urllib3 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Auth header remains during redirects · Issue #1316 · urllib3/urllib3 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3990-1: urllib3 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: python-urllib3-1.24.2-1.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
urllib3/CHANGES.rst at master · urllib3/urllib3 · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Remove Authorization header when redirecting cross-host by SethMichaelLarson · Pull Request #1346 · urllib3/urllib3 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
1649153 – (CVE-2018-20060) CVE-2018-20060 python-urllib3: Cross-host redirect does not remove Authorization header allow for credential exposure MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2131-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159655 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ELSA-2020-1605)
  • 178673 Debian Security Update for python-urllib3 (DLA 2686-1)
  • 377484 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-urllib3 (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0091)
  • 377494 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-virtualenv (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0029)
  • 377534 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-pip (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0030)
  • 6000046 Debian Security Update for python-urllib3 (DLA 3610-1)
  • 671065 EulerOS Security Update for python-urllib3 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2362)
  • 904916 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mozjs60 (12380)
  • 940120 AlmaLinux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALSA-2020:1605)
  • 982226 Python (pip) Security Update for urllib3 (GHSA-www2-v7xj-xrc6)
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