Critical
Security advisory
Encode OSS httpx < 0.23.0 is affected by improper input validation in `httpx.URL`, `httpx.Client` and some functions using `httpx.URL.copy_with`.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41945
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Encode OSS httpx < 0.23.0 is affected by improper input validation in `httpx.URL`, `httpx.Client` and some functions using `httpx.URL.copy_with`.
osv:CVE-2021-41945
Complete source record
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