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Medium ALSA-2024:2159 1 CVE

Moderate: python3.11-urllib3 security update

Published Apr 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The python-urllib3 package provides the Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.

Security Fix(es):

* python-urllib3: Cookie request header isn't stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2023-43804)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.11-urllib3 1.26.12-2.el9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2023-43804 Public exploit

    `Cookie` HTTP header isn't stripped on cross-origin redirects

    urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. urllib3 doesn't treat the `Cookie` HTTP header special or provide any helpers for managing cookies over HTTP, that is the responsibility of the user. However, it is possible for a user to specify a `C…

    urllib3 urllib3 python3 dask-gateway Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi PyPI

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43804
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2242493
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2159.html