PYSEC-2026-885

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 10:17 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:30
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Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in nsupdate.info. This affects an unknown part of the file src/nsupdate/settings/base.py of the component CSRF Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY leads to cookie without httponly flag. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216909 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Impacted products
Name purl
nsupdate pkg:pypi/nsupdate
Aliases
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nsupdate",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nsupdate"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.13.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.10.0",
        "0.11.0",
        "0.12.0",
        "0.2.0b0",
        "0.3.0",
        "0.4.0",
        "0.5.0",
        "0.6.0",
        "0.7.0",
        "0.8.0",
        "0.9.0",
        "0.9.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-25091",
    "GHSA-mwvp-qr62-cvjx"
  ],
  "details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in nsupdate.info. This affects an unknown part of the file `src/nsupdate/settings/base.py` of the component `CSRF Cookie Handler`. The manipulation of the argument `CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY` leads to cookie without `httponly` flag. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216909 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-885",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T11:30:51.467661Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T10:17:26.209197Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25091"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/pull/410"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/commit/60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216909"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.216909"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/nsupdate"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwvp-qr62-cvjx"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "nsupdate.info has Sensitive Cookie Without \u0027HttpOnly\u0027 Flag"
}



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