CVE-2018-18074: Information exposure in HTTP headers
(updated )
The Requests package 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
- cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html
- docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/
- bugs.debian.org/910766
- github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff
- github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716
- github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074
- usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/
- usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/
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