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www/py-requests -- Information disclosure vulnerability

Affected packages
py27-requests < 2.20.0
py35-requests < 2.20.0
py36-requests < 2.20.0
py37-requests < 2.20.0

Details

VuXML ID 50ad9a9a-1e28-11e9-98d7-0050562a4d7b
Discovery 2018-06-27
Entry 2019-01-22
Modified 2019-01-27

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

URL https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2018-18074
URL https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff
URL https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716
URL https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718
URL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074