Vulnerability CVE-2018-20060
Published: 2018-12-11

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.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Python -> Urllib3 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2272
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649153
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/blob/master/CHANGES.rst
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/1316
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/pull/1346
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5SJERZEJDSUYQP7BNBXMBHRHGY26HRZD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BXLAXHM3Z6DUCXZ7ZXZ2EAYJXWDCZFCT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWP36YW3KSVLXDBY3QJKDYEPCIMN3VQZ/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3990-1/
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