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CVE-2018-25091: PYSEC-2023-207 - urllib3 before 1.24.2 does not remove the authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in

CVE-2018-25091 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-10-15

Technologies: urllib3 (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Executive brief

urllib3 before 1.24.2 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-20060 (which was case-sensitive).

Affected products

  • PyPI urllib3

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