RHSA-2024:5041 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urllib3 security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:5041 — Red Hat Security Advisory: python-urllib3 security update | PulseLinux