MediumFix available
lynx — security advisory
Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.
- Products
- lynx
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.8.9_p1-r3
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-38165
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2021-38165
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
lynx
Fixed versions: 2.8.9_p1-r3
Complete source record
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