Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting python2-requests package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.93% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PYTHON2REQUESTS-11439929
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed29 Jun 2018

Introduced: 29 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-18074  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 python2-requests.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-requests package and not the python2-requests package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1