MEDIUM5.3

PYSEC-2026-885

nsupdate.info has Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly' Flag

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-885 — nsupdate: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'nsupdate>=0.13.0'

Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in nsupdate.info. This affects an unknown part of the file `src/nsupdate/settings/base.py` of the component `CSRF Cookie Handler`. The manipulation of the argument `CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY` leads to cookie without `httponly` flag. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216909 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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Affected packages

PyPI/nsupdate

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.13.0

Fixpip install --upgrade 'nsupdate>=0.13.0'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25091[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/pull/410[WEB]
https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/commit/60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a[WEB]
https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info[PACKAGE]
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216909[WEB]
https://vuldb.com/?id.216909[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/nsupdate[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwvp-qr62-cvjx[ADVISORY]