CVE-2018-18074

Public on 2018-10-09
Modified on 2020-04-23
Description
A credentials-exposure flaw was found in python-requests, where if a request with authentication is redirected (302) from an HTTPS endpoint to an HTTP endpoint on the same host, the Authorization header is not stripped and the credentials can be read in plain text. A man-in-the-middle attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain a user's valid credentials.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python-requests 2019-10-21 ALAS2-2019-1334 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python-virtualenv 2020-04-20 ALAS2-2020-1413 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N