Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python package, versions [3.0.0,3.5.10)[3.6.0,3.6.12)[3.7.0,3.7.9)[3.8.0,3.8.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317661
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed27 Sept 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-26116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 3.5.10, 3.6.12, 3.7.9, 3.8.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) http.client in Python 3.x before 3.5.10, 3.6.x before 3.6.12, 3.7.x before 3.7.9, and 3.8.x before 3.8.5 allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method, as demonstrated by inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request.

References

CVSS Scores

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