Incorrect authorization check in urllib.request

[serhiy-storchaka]

BPO	46756
Nosy	@orsenthil, @ned-deily, @ambv, @vadmium, @serhiy-storchaka, @pablogsal, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-46756: Fix authorization check in urllib.request #31353 [3.10] bpo-46756: Fix authorization check in urllib.request (GH-31353) #31570 [3.9] bpo-46756: Fix authorization check in urllib.request (GH-31353) #31571 [3.8] bpo-46756: Fix authorization check in urllib.request (GH-31353) #31572 [3.7] bpo-46756: Fix authorization check in urllib.request (GH-31353) #31573

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title = 'Incorrect authorization check in urllib.request'
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[serhiy-storchaka]

There is an error in determining a sub-URI in the urllib.request module. Due to it, if the user is authorized for example.org/foo, it gets also access to example.org/foobar.