Security Advisory

CVE-2018-20060

9.8
CRITICAL

Vulnerability Description

urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme). This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in cleartext.
Published Date December 11, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory