Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-11078
CVE-2020-11078
Description
In httplib2 before version 0.18.0, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request() could change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server. This vulnerability impacts software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation, as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping. This has been fixed in 0.18.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
httplib2PyPI | < 0.18.0 | 0.18.0 |
Affected products
18- ghsa-coords17 versionspkg:pypi/httplib2pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-httplib2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-httplib2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-httplib2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2012pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/python-httplib2&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 0.18.0+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-lp152.6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-7.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-1.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-7.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-8.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-8.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.19.0-bp152.3.3.1
- Range: < 0.81.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
22- github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9envdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pqnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pqghsaADVISORY
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11078ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/httplib2/PYSEC-2020-46.yamlghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r23711190c2e98152cb6f216b95090d5eeb978543bb7e0bad22ce47fc@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
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