high
CVE-2026-97687
urllib3 HTTPS-proxy TLS confusion - target-server TLS settings are applied to the proxy connection and cert_reqs=CERT_NONE mutates proxy_ssl_context in place, so later connections may skip proxy certificate verification
- Severity
- high
- Affected product
- urllib3
- Affected versions
- urllib3 ≥ 1.26.0, < 2.8.0
- Fixed in
- urllib3 2.8.0
- Detection basis
- Component version range
- Shipped rule
- urllib3: urllib3 HTTPS-proxy TLS confusion - target-server TLS settings are applied to the proxy connection and cert_reqs=CERT_NONE mutates proxy_ssl_context in place, so later connections may skip proxy certificate verification
- Added to NewScan
- 2026-09-30
- Detected by
- NewScan — free, self-hosted
How NewScan reports it
COMPONENT VERSION RANGE
NewScan fingerprints urllib3 from its response and reports this CVE when the detected version falls inside the affected range below.
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