DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18074

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18074
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JSON Data
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Upstream
Published
2018-10-09T17:29:01Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:36Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / requests

Package

Name
requests
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/requests?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / requests

Package

Name
requests
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/requests?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / requests

Package

Name
requests
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/requests?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / requests

Package

Name
requests
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/requests?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}