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CVE-2018-18074

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Oct 09, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
2.6 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html

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.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RequestsPython*2.20.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1*
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython-requests-0:2.6.0-5.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-7.el7_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython-virtualenv-0:15.1.0-4.el7_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-7.el7_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython-virtualenv-0:15.1.0-4.el7_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatpython27:2.7-8020020200117110429.90f98d4f*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-16.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-16.el8*
Python-pipUbuntubionic*
Python-pipUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Python-pipUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Python-pipUbuntutrusty*
Python-pipUbuntuxenial*
RequestsUbuntubionic*
RequestsUbuntucosmic*
RequestsUbuntudevel*
RequestsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
RequestsUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
RequestsUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
RequestsUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
RequestsUbuntufocal*
RequestsUbuntugroovy*
RequestsUbuntuhirsute*
RequestsUbuntuimpish*
RequestsUbuntujammy*
RequestsUbuntukinetic*
RequestsUbuntulunar*
RequestsUbuntumantic*
RequestsUbuntunoble*
RequestsUbuntuoracular*
RequestsUbuntuplucky*
RequestsUbuntuquesting*
RequestsUbuntutrusty*
RequestsUbuntutrusty/esm*
RequestsUbuntuupstream*
RequestsUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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