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CVE-2020-8492

Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025

Description

Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking.

Severity score breakdown

ParameterValue
Base score6.5
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
Integrity impactNONE
Availability impactHIGH
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Status

ProductReleasePackageStatus
Alpaquita Linux23 LTSpython3Not affected (3.11.5-r0)
Streampython3Not affected (3.11.5-r0)
Hardened Containers23 LTSpython3Not affected (3.11.5-r0)
Streampython3Not affected (3.11.5-r0)

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