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GHSA-5phf-pp7p-vc2r
GHSA-5phf-pp7p-vc2r
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published March 19, 2021
urllib3 is fixed in 1.26.4 (PyPI)
Using default SSLContext for HTTPS requests in an HTTPS proxy doesn't verify certificate hostname for proxy connection
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| urllib3 | PyPI | 1.26.4 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | urllib3 | 1.26.0 |
| PyPI | urllib3 | 1.26.0 |
Timeline
- Mar 19, 2021 CVE Published
- Dec 16, 2025 PoC Published
- Mar 20, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007 url
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-5phf-pp7p-vc2r url
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-db/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-59.yaml url
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5phf-pp7p-vc2r vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commits/main url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28363 advisory
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/8d65ea1ecf6e2cdc27d42124e587c1b83a3118b0 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S65ZQVZ2ODGB52IC7VJDBUK4M5INCXL url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36 url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html url
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-59.yaml url
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/blob/main/CHANGES.rst#1264-2021-03-15 url
- https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.26.4 url
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3 package
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.4 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S65ZQVZ2ODGB52IC7VJDBUK4M5INCXL url