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SCA: security update for urllib3 (GHSA-www2-v7xj-xrc6)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423076

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2018-20060)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-www2-v7xj-xrc6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423076

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20060

BID: 108793

cwe: CWE-200