CVE-2019-11236

Exp

In the urllib3 library through 1.24.1 for Python, CRLF injection is possible if the attacker controls the request parameter.

Published: 2019-04-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-11236 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.47% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-11236

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11236

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.59% 2.06% +1.47%
2 2025-11-21 1.06% 0.59% -0.47%
3 2025-11-18 1.06%

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11236

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11236

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-11236

GHSA-r64q-w8jr-g9qp · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in urllib3 library for Python

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11236

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11236 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-urllib3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11236
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11236
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11236 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-urllib3), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11236

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11236

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
python urllib3 <= 1.24.2 cpe:2.3:a:python:urllib3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11236

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00041.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2272
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3590
https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/1553 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00016.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00012.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKGPJLVLVYCL4L4B4G5TIOTVK4BKPG72/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R62XGEYPUTXMRHGX5I37EBCGQ5COHGKR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TBI45HO533KYHNB5YRO43TBYKA3E3VRL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XOSA2NT4DUQDBEIWE6O7KKD24XND7TE2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3990-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3990-2/
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