RHSA-2024:5041 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urllib3 security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 7, 2024
Updated · October 23, 2026
Topic
An update for python-urllib3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The python-urllib3 package provides the Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.
Security Fix(es):
- urllib3: proxy-authorization request header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2024-37891)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.