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CVE-2014-1829

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1829 describes a vulnerability in Requests (python-requests) versions prior to 2.3.0, where remote servers could obtain a user's netrc password by reading the Authorization header during a redirected request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:requests:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0220 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: requestsFixed in: 2.3.0
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: python-requests
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3Fixed in: python-requests

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-cfj3-7x9c-4p3hmedium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Requests

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-1829Low

python-requests: redirect can expose netrc password

Dec 25, 2013

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0409.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / kennethreitz/requests/issues/1885
Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3146
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2382-1
Third Party Advisory