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SCA: security update for requests (GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432326

Description

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

 - The resolve_redirects function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to
 conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect. (CVE-2015-2296)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pg2w-x9wp-vw92

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432326

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2296