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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-47081
Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs
Vulnerability Description
Requests is a HTTP library. Due to a URL parsing issue, Requests releases prior to 2.32.4 may leak .netrc credentials to third parties for specific maliciously-crafted URLs. Users should upgrade to version 2.32.4 to receive a fix. For older versions of Requests, use of the .netrc file can be disabled with `trust_env=False` on one's Requests Session.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7
- https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/6965
- https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/96ba401c1296ab1dda74a2365ef36d88f7d144ef
- https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/#requests.Session.trust_env
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/2
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Affected Software
requests
Vulnerable Versions:
< 2.32.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 9th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 9th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N