Google: dev-python/requests: security update to 18244.1.61

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451614

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)

Solution

Update the dev-python/requests library and its related packages to version 18244.1.61 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451614

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32681

Detections

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