CVE-2018-18074

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-18074
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-09T17:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-07-25T18:15:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-522 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:python:requests:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.20.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/community/updates/#release-and-version-history Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2035 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/910766 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4716 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/requests/requests/pull/4718 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3790-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18074
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:15:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:04:13 2018-10-09T17:29Z 2018-10-09T17:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:04:13 2022-07-25T18:15:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:04:13 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-03 13:04:16 References updated