6.3

CVE-2024-11168: Improper validation of IPv6 and IPvFuture addresses

Deferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:4135-1SUSE-SU-2024:4151-1SUSE-SU-2024:4159-1
Published 12-11-2024Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-11168 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in python software foundation cpython. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 8
DLA-3980-1DLA-4354-1RHSA-2024:10779RHSA-2024:10983RHSA-2025:23530SUSE-SU-2025:0047-1

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urlparse() functions improperly validated bracketed hosts (`[]`), allowing hosts that weren't IPv6 or IPvFuture. This behavior was not conformant to RFC 3986 and potentially enabled SSRF if a URL is processed by more than one URL parser.

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Opensuse29 products
  • python-base&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.7.18-150000.68.1
  • python-base&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.7.18-150000.68.1 | < 2.7.18-150000.77.1
  • python-doc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.7.18-150000.68.1
  • python-doc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.7.18-150000.68.1 | < 2.7.18-150000.77.1
  • python3-core&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 3.6.15-150300.10.78.1
Suse29 products
  • python-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5< 2.7.18-150000.68.1
  • python-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 2.7.18-150000.68.1 | < 2.7.18-150000.77.1
  • python-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 2.7.18-33.38.1 | < 2.7.18-33.47.1
  • python-doc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 2.7.18-33.38.1 | < 2.7.18-33.47.1
  • python3-base&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 3.4.10-25.151.1 | < 3.4.10-25.145.1
Ubuntu9 products
  • python2.7< 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm28 | < 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm15 | < 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm10 | < 2.7.18-1~20.04.7+esm6 | < 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.5+esm5
  • python3.10< 3.10.12-1~22.04.8
  • python3.11< 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm2
  • python3.4< 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm14
  • python3.5< 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.4~14.04.1+esm4 | < 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm16
Chainguard2 products
  • python-3.10< 3.10.16-r0
  • python-3.9< 3.9.21-r0
Debian2 products
  • pypy3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.3.18+dfsg-1
  • python3.11< 3.11.2-6+deb12u5
Python software foundation1 product
  • cpython< 3.9.21 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 3.10.16 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.4 | ≥ 3.12.0a1, < 3.12.0b1
Wolfi1 product
  • python-3.10< 3.10.16-r0

7 vendors · 73 products

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