urllib3 up to 1.22 Authorization HTTP Header Credentials credentials management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in urllib3 up to 1.22 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Authorization HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation results in credentials management (Credentials). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-20060. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in urllib3 up to 1.22. Affected is an unknown code of the component Authorization HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Credentials). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

urllib3 before version 1.23 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.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was released 12/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-20060 since 12/11/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208623 (CentOS 7 : python-pip (RHSA-2020:2068)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197469 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Python-urllib3 Vulnerabilities (USN-3990-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.23 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208623). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-133412 and VDB-133842. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• urllib3

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22

Website

• Product: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/

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