CVE-2015-2296
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
The resolve_redirects function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect.
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affected products (21)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0778Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-03-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92Python Requests Session Fixation2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The `resolve_redirects` function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect.
- PYSEC-2015-172015-03-18vendor · osvUS
The resolve_redirects function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect.
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references (26)
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- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0120.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153594.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/4cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/1cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2531-1cnnvd
- https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/commit/3bd8afbff29e50b38f889b2f688785a669b9aafccnnvd
- https://warehouse.python.org/project/requests/2.6.0/cnnvd
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