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Fedora 43 Python Flask HTTP Auth Major Authentication Enhancement Update

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical update for Fedora 43 python-flask-httpauth resolves significant authentication flaw and enhances security.
Update to version 4.8.1 (#2454342)

Summary

FlaskHTTPAuth Basic and Digest HTTP authentication for Flask routes.

Update Information:

Update to version 4.8.1 (#2454342)

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update important authentication CVE

Change Log

* Tue Apr 7 2026 Javier Pea - 4.8.0-1 - Update to version 4.8.1 (#2454342) - Fixes CVE-2026-34531 * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.8.0-9 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2454342 - CVE-2026-34531 python-flask-httpauth: token verification callback invoked when missing or empty token was given by client [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454342

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-04d6f223e0' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: python-flask-httpauth
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 4.8.1
Release: 1.fc43
URL: http://github.com/miguelgrinberg/flask-httpauth/
Summary: Basic and Digest HTTP authentication for Flask routes

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update important authentication CVE

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