CVE-2016-1000111

MEDIUM

Twisted < 16.3.1 - Remote Proxy Redirection via HTTP_PROXY Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Twisted before 16.3.1 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect a CGI application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/8623
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-web/2016-August/005268.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0241
EPSS Percentile 81.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-425
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/Twisted 0 - 16.3.1PyPI
twisted/twisted < 16.3.1
Published Mar 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026