Cleartext Credential Exposure in Lynx through 2.8.9

CVE-2021-38165 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.

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