Medium

nsupdate.info has Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly' Flag

Disclosed: 28.12.2022
Updated: 11.10.2026 13:18

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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Platform	Package	Vulnerable versions	Fixed in
Python (PyPI)	nsupdate	<= 0.12.0	no fix

References

CVSS score 5.3/10

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-1004
Platform: Python (PyPI)
Package: nsupdate
Disclosed: 28.12.2022
Updated: 11.10.2026 13:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-885 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mwvp-qr62-cvjx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: nsupdate

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