CVE-2018-18074
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-18074
To remediate CVE-2018-18074, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.20.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.20.0 or later
- —upgrade to c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff or later
Is CVE-2018-18074 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.20.0-1
- from 0, < 2.20.0
- from 0, < c45d7c49ea75133e52ab22a8e9e13173938e36ff | from 0, < 2.20.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |