CVE-2020-26116

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-27 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
Descriptionhttp.client in Python 3.x before 3.5.10, 3.6.x before 3.6.12, 3.7.x before 3.7.9, and 3.8.x before 3.8.5 allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method, as demonstrated by inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
http.client: HTTP Header Injection in the HTTP method — Python Security 0.0 documentation MISC python-security.readthedocs.io Patch, Third Party Advisory
Python: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2456-1] python3.5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4581-1: Python vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-python3-3.8.3-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3432-1] python2.7 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE-2020-26116 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python34-3.4.10-11.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python27-2.7.18-6.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-2.7.18-6.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-6.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python34-3.4.10-11.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-2.7.18-6.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Issue 39603: [security] http.client: HTTP Header Injection in the HTTP method - Python tracker MISC bugs.python.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python27-2.7.18-6.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-6.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-python3-3.8.3-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1859-1: 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

  • 159200 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (ELSA-2021-1633)
  • 159342 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ELSA-2021-1761)
  • 159460 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 (ELSA-2021-1879)
  • 159958 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python (ELSA-2022-5235)
  • 174590 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-urllib3 (SUSE-SU-2021:0299-1)
  • 181802 Debian Security Update for python2.7 (DLA 3432-1)
  • 198293 Ubuntu Security Notification for Python2.7, Python3.7, Python3.8 Vulnerabilities (USN-4754-3)
  • 239292 Red Hat Update for python38:3.8 (RHSA-2021:1879)
  • 239307 Red Hat Update for python27:2.7 (RHSA-2021:1761)
  • 239323 Red Hat Update for python3 (RHSA-2021:1633)
  • 239596 Red Hat Update for python3 (RHSA-2021:3366)
  • 240523 Red Hat Update for python (RHSA-2022:5235)
  • 257179 CentOS Security Update for python (CESA-2022:5235)
  • 296059 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 36.0.1.101.2 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 296070 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 28.82.3 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 352287 Amazon Linux Security Update for python27: AL2012-2020-327
  • 352384 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python3: ALAS2-2021-1670
  • 352385 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python: ALAS2-2021-1669
  • 356421 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python3 : ALAS2-2023-2317
  • 376090 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (6491661)
  • 377245 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0032)
  • 377387 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0080)
  • 377557 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0112)
  • 6000046 Debian Security Update for python-urllib3 (DLA 3610-1)
  • 670783 EulerOS Security Update for python-urllib3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2541)
  • 670807 EulerOS Security Update for python-urllib3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2565)
  • 670848 EulerOS Security Update for python3 (EulerOS-SA-2020-2419)
  • 750463 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2333-1)
  • 750464 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2332-1)
  • 750581 OpenSUSE Security Update for python (openSUSE-SU-2020:1988-1)
  • 900127 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python3 3.7.7
  • 902956 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (3520)
  • 940187 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3 (ALSA-2021:1633)
  • 940287 AlmaLinux Security Update for python38:3.8 (ALSA-2021:1879)
  • 940311 AlmaLinux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALSA-2021:1761)
  • 960385 Rocky Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 (RLSA-2021:1879)
  • 960420 Rocky Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (RLSA-2021:1761)
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