CVE-2016-6287

The "http-client" egg always used a HTTP_PROXY environment variable to determine whether HTTP traffic should be routed via a proxy, even when running as a CGI…

published January 10, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The "http-client" egg always used a HTTP_PROXY environment variable to determine whether HTTP traffic should be routed via a proxy, even when running as a CGI process. Under several web servers this would mean a user-supplied "Proxy" header could allow an attacker to direct all HTTP requests through a proxy (also known as a "httpoxy" attack). This affects all versions of http-client before 0.10.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01476 · 73.7th percentile
Published
2017-01-10T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JAN 15:00Z
    The "http-client" egg always used a HTTP_PROXY environment variable to determine whether HTTP traffic should be routed via a proxy, even when running as a CGI…
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