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CVE-2018-20852

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 3.88%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-07-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-20852
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
3.88%

Original Filing — NVD Description

http.cookiejar.DefaultPolicy.domain_return_ok in Lib/http/cookiejar.py in Python before 3.7.3 does not correctly validate the domain: it can be tricked into sending existing cookies to the wrong server. An attacker may abuse this flaw by using a server with a hostname that has another valid hostname as a suffix (e.g., pythonicexample.com to steal cookies for example.com). When a program uses http.cookiejar.DefaultPolicy and tries to do an HTTP connection to an attacker-controlled server, existing cookies can be leaked to the attacker. This affects 2.x through 2.7.16, 3.x before 3.4.10, 3.5.x before 3.5.7, 3.6.x before 3.6.9, and 3.7.x before 3.7.3.