#VU82979 Information disclosure in urllib3 - CVE-2018-25091

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#VU82979 Information disclosure in urllib3 - CVE-2018-25091

Published: November 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82979
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25091
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
urllib3
Software vendor:
urlib3

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib3 does not remove the authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU26413 (CVE-2018-20060).


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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