CVE-2014-1829
python-requests: redirect can expose netrc password
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 25, 2013
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected request.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of python-requests as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they included a fix for this issue at GA.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data