CVE-2018-18074 (GCVE-0-2018-18074)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:01
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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.
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CWE
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2018-10-09 00:00
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