python-urllib3 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- python-urllib3
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.26.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-28363
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28363
python-urllib3
Fixed versions: 1.26.4-1
python-urllib3
Fixed versions: 1.26.4-1
python-urllib3
Fixed versions: 1.26.4-1
Complete source record
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