CVE-2020-11078 | CRLF injection in httplib2

In httplib2 before version 0.18.0, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for `httplib2.Http.request()` could change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server. This vulnerability impacts software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation, as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping. This has been fixed in 0.18.0.

Published: 2020-05-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-11078 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.28%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-11078

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 2026-01-28 3.19% 3.28% +0.08%
2 2025-11-21 3.13% 3.19% +0.07%
3 2025-11-18 — 3.13% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-11078

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 4.0 [email protected]
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 4.0 [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-2020-11078

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-11078

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-11078

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-11078 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-httplib2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11078
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078
suse medium CVE-2020-11078 severity moderate: SUSE including 301 source package names (0.1.75:python3-httplib2-0.19.0-3.3.1, 1.1.1.0.1.5.424:python3-httplib2-0.19.0-3.3.1, …), 338 product×package rows across 57 product lines (Container caasp/v4/k8s-sidecar, Container ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi, … (57 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 107. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-11078 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-httplib2), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, needed 4, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
httplib2_project httplib2 < 0.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:httplib2_project:httplib2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 32 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-11078

URL Tags
https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pq Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r23711190c2e98152cb6f216b95090d5eeb978543bb7e0bad22ce47fc%40%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d35dac106fab979f0db75a07fc4e320ad848b722103e79667ff99e1%40%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r69a462e690b5f2c3d418a288a2c98ae764d58587bd0b5d6ab141f25f%40%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f364000066748299b331b615ba51c62f55ab5b201ddce9a22d98202%40%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad8872fc99f670958c2774e2bf84ee32a3a0562a0c787465cf3dfa23%40%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc9eff9572946142b657c900fe63ea4bbd3535911e8d4ce4d08fe4b89%40%3Ccommits.allura.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXCX2AWROGWGY5GXR7VN3BKF34A2FO6J/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZJ3D6JSM7CFZESZZKGUW2VX55BOSOXI/
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