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CVE-2023-32681

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Published: May 26, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 4.0
Source: NVD

Description

Requests is a HTTP library. Since Requests 2.3.0, Requests has been leaking Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers when redirected to an HTTPS endpoint. This is a product of how we use `rebuild_proxies` to reattach the `Proxy-Authorization` header to requests. For HTTP connections sent through the tunnel, the proxy will identify the header in the request itself and remove it prior to forwarding to the destination server. However when sent over HTTPS, the `Proxy-Authorization` header must be sent in the CONNECT request as the proxy has no visibility into the tunneled request. This results in Requests forwarding proxy credentials to the destination server unintentionally, allowing a malicious actor to potentially exfiltrate sensitive information. This issue has been patched in version 2.31.0.

Affected (2)

1 product
Requests
1 product
Fedora
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 2.3.0 to 2.31.0
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 37

References (14)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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