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SCA: security update for requests (GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423494

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Requests package before 2.20.0 for Python sends an HTTP Authorization header to an http URI upon
 receiving a same-hostname https-to-http redirect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover
 credentials by sniffing the network. (CVE-2018-18074)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x84v-xcm2-53pg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423494

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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: 10/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18074

cwe: CWE-522