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CVE-2018-18074
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-10-09T17:29:01.897 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:46:44.620

Summary

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.

Affected products

python — requests

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References

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