CVE-2023-32681
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32681
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-32681.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-32681
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-05-26T17:02:52Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-08T14:22:45.153383Z
- Severity
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- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header in requests
- Details
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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_proxiesto reattach theProxy-Authorizationheader 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, theProxy-Authorizationheader 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. - References
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- https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-j8r2-6x86-q33q
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-08
- https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/74ea7cf7a6a27a4eeb2ae24e162bcc942a6706d5
- https://github.com/psf/requests/releases/tag/v2.31.0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AW7HNFGYP44RT3DUDQXG2QT3OEV2PJ7Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOYASTZDGQG2BWLSNBPL3TQRL2G7QYNZ/