CVE-2021-28363

high
Published 2021-03-19 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

The urllib3 library 1.26.x before 1.26.4 for Python omits SSL certificate validation in some cases involving HTTPS to HTTPS proxies. The initial connection to the HTTPS proxy (if an SSLContext isn't given via proxy_config) doesn't verify the hostname of the certificate. This means certificates for different servers that still validate properly with the default urllib3 SSLContext will be silently accepted.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28363

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28363.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.26.4-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.26.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.26.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.26.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.26.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.26.4-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIurllib3>=1.26.0,<1.26.41.26.4
python PyPIurllib3<8d65ea1ecf6e2cdc27d42124e587c1b83a3118b0||>=1.26.0,<1.26.48d65ea1ecf6e2cdc27d42124e587c1b83a3118b0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.