CVE-2024-1968

Publication date 20 May 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

In scrapy/scrapy, an issue was identified where the Authorization header is not removed during redirects that only change the scheme (e.g., HTTPS to HTTP) but remain within the same domain. This behavior contravenes the Fetch standard, which mandates the removal of Authorization headers in cross-origin requests when the scheme, host, or port changes. Consequently, when a redirect downgrades from HTTPS to HTTP, the Authorization header may be inadvertently exposed in plaintext, leading to potential sensitive information disclosure to unauthorized actors. The flaw is located in the _build_redirect_request function of the redirect middleware.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-scrapy 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable