Users who are using an HTTPS proxy to issue HTTPS requests and haven’t configured their own SSLContext via proxy_config
.
Only the default SSLContext is impacted.
urllib3 >=1.26.4 has the issue resolved. urllib3<1.26 is not impacted due to not supporting HTTPS requests via HTTPS proxies.
Upgrading is recommended as this is a minor release and not likely to break current usage.
Configuring an SSLContext
with check_hostname=True
and passing via proxy_config
instead of relying on the default SSLContext
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
github.com/pypa/advisory-db/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-59.yaml
github.com/urllib3/urllib3
github.com/urllib3/urllib3/blob/main/CHANGES.rst#1264-2021-03-15
github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/8d65ea1ecf6e2cdc27d42124e587c1b83a3118b0
github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commits/main
github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.4
github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-5phf-pp7p-vc2r
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4S65ZQVZ2ODGB52IC7VJDBUK4M5INCXL
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28363
pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.26.4
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html