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CVE-2024-47081 — Vulnerability in requests — CVE Details

MEDIUM

Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs

Published June 9, 2025Updated September 10, 2026Source: osv

What Should I Do?

Address in Next Maintenance Window

Low exploitation probability (0.11%). Schedule for your next planned update.

Summary

### 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](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/#requests.Session.trust_env)). ### References https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/6965 https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/2

Advisory Timeline

  • First published June 9, 2025 (490 days ago).
  • Last revised September 10, 2026 — 457 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update requests to 2.32.4 or later
pip install "requests>=2.32.4"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
requests
pypi
0.0.1, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2 (+151 more)2.32.4

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 5.3 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-47081?
Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 5.3/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2024-47081?
CVE-2024-47081 affects requests. It has a 0.1% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2024-47081 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
5.3

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
0.11%
Higher than 30% of vulnerabilities

This is a below-median EPSS score — only 29.7% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, so most tracked vulnerabilities are considered more likely to be exploited than this one.

Also Known As

GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7
PYSEC-2026-1872

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