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CVE-2016-9015PYSEC-2017-98GHSA-V4W5-P2HG-8FH6

Versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the Python urllib3 library suffer from a vulnerability that can cause them, in certain configurations, to not corr

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Fix
Fixed in 1.18.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the Python urllib3 library suffer from a vulnerability that can cause them, in certain configurations, to not correctly validate TLS certificates. This places users of the library with those configurations at risk of man-in-the-middle and information leakage attacks. This vulnerability affects users using versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the urllib3 library, who are using the optional PyOpenSSL support for TLS instead of the regular standard library TLS backend, and who are using OpenSSL 1.1.0 via PyOpenSSL. This is an extremely uncommon configuration, so the security impact of this vulnerability is low.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • urllib3PyPI

    From 1.17 · fixed in 1.18.1

References 2

securityfocus.com

openwall.com