Information Exposure Affecting requests package, versions [,2.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-REQUESTS-40030
  • published 25 Dec 2013
  • disclosed 25 Dec 2013
  • credit Jakub Wilk

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
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

3.7 low