VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-26116

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability6.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-27
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

http.client in Python 3.x before 3.5.10, 3.6.x before 3.6.12, 3.7.x before 3.7.9, and 3.8.x before 3.8.5 allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method, as demonstrated by inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74

Primary references