Medium
CVE-2016-5699 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
Type: advisorySources: OSV
CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.
- Products
- python-py
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5699
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2016-5699 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 2 Sept 2016, 14:59 UTC
CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.
osv:AZL-109611
python-py
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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