Information Exposure Affecting requests package, versions [,2.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-REQUESTS-40030
  • published25 Dec 2013
  • disclosed25 Dec 2013
  • creditJakub Wilk

Introduced: 25 Dec 2013

CVE-2014-1829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade to version 2.3.0 or greater.

Overview

requests is a Python HTTP for Humans.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Remote servers may obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected request.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1