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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20060

This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.49%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

urllib3 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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.49% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
python/urllib3 · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.