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SCA: security update for requests (GHSA-j8r2-6x86-q33q)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416255
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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.
(CVE-2023-32681)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 416255
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.3
Percentile: 51.27
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32681
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-32681
cwe: CWE-200