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High RHSA-2019:2035 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-requests security update

Published Sep 18, 2024 · Updated Mar 23, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client python-requests 0:2.6.0-5.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode python-requests 0:2.6.0-5.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server python-requests 0:2.6.0-5.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation python-requests 0:2.6.0-5.el7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2018-18074 Public exploit

    Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests

    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.

    python-pip requests requests requests Debian Ubuntu PyPI

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643829
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_2035.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18074
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18074
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18074