CVE-2014-1829

Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected request.

Published: 2014-10-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1829 is rated Moderate Risk (42.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1829

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-23 0.62% 0.50% -0.12%
2 2025-03-30 2.23% 0.62% -1.61%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.23% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1829

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1829

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-1829

GHSA-cfj3-7x9c-4p3h · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Requests

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1829

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-1829 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (requests), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1829
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1829
suse medium CVE-2014-1829 severity moderate: SUSE including 71 source package names (aws-cli-py36-1.19.9-6.3.15, libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.15-6.61.5, …), 155 product×package rows across 64 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Cloud 2.0, … (64 product lines)): Fixed 79, Known Not Affected 76. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1829/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1829 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (requests), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, released 2, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1829

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1829

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python requests <= 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:python:requests:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
mageia mageia 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1829

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