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

Oracle Linux 6 ELS python 2.6.6 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1634925483 2021-12-09 07:57:07
Oracle Linux 7 ELS python 2.7.5 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-10-10 02:49:07
RHEL 7 ELS python 2.7.5 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-10-10 02:49:06
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS python2.7 2.7.12 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2024-07-17 10:52:29
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS python2.7 2.7.17-1 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2024-07-18 14:23:17
Total: 15