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CVE-2021-23336

The package python/cpython from 0 and before 3.6.13, from 3.7.0 and before 3.7.10, from 3.8.0 and before 3.8.8, from 3.9.0 and before 3.9.2 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.

CVSS Base Score
5.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploit Probability
99%EPSS PERCENTILE0100

More exploitable than 99% of all CVEs · Top 1%

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Details
Published
2021-02-15
Last modified
2026-10-14
Affected
Django, Python

Data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), CISA KEV, and FIRST.org EPSS. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS is a probability estimate, not a guarantee of exploitation.