MEDIUM 5.3 PyPI
Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs
GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7 · CVE-2024-47081
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Description
Impact
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.
Workarounds
For older versions of Requests, use of the .netrc file can be disabled with trust_env=False on your Requests Session (docs).
References
https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/6965
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/2
References
- WEB https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47081
- WEB https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/6965
- WEB https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/96ba401c1296ab1dda74a2365ef36d88f7d144ef
- PACKAGE https://github.com/psf/requests
- WEB https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/#requests.Session.trust_env
- WEB https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/2
- WEB http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/2
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/03/11
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/03/9
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/04/1
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/04/6
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