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CVE-2014-8650

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8650 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in python-requests-Kerberos through version 0.5, affecting Debian Linux and the requests-kerberos project. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS, stems from a failure to properly handle mutual authentication, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over a network with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:requests-kerberos_project:requests-kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: requests-kerberosFixed in: 0.6
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-wh37-37xw-54hrcritical

Improper Authentication in requests-kerberos

Mar 10, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2014-8650
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/70909
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry