CVE-2020-26116

Updated: 2025-08-20 00:05:55.370428

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.4
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.2

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

Alpine Linux 3.22 python 3.6 7.2 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2026-01-27 16:43:55
Debian 10 python 3.6 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-09-05 09:17:35
Debian 10 python 2.7 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760369860 2025-10-13 16:30:31
Debian 11 python 2.7 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760369775 2025-10-13 16:30:30
Debian 11 python 3.6 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-09-05 09:17:35
Debian 12 python 3.7 7.2 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2025-11-14 16:30:23
Debian 12 python 3.6 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-09-05 09:17:34
Debian 12 python 2.7 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760369700 2025-10-13 16:30:28
Debian 12 python 3.8 7.2 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2025-11-14 16:30:22
Debian 13 python 3.6 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-09-29 23:27:18
Total: 31