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CVE-2021-3116 (GCVE-0-2021-3116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-11 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:45
VLAI
Summary
before_upstream_connection in AuthPlugin in http/proxy/auth.py in proxy.py before 2.3.1 accepts incorrect Proxy-Authorization header data because of a boolean confusion (and versus or).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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