CVE-2014-1830 json
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Requests
published 2014-10-15 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-652x-xj99-gmcc , PYSEC-2014-14 , EUVD-2014-0098
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.0%
- EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information by reading the Proxy-Authorization header in a redirected request.
Patch / fix
- pypi requests 2.3.0
- requests Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1830
- requests Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1830
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- python-requests openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.1-1.1
- python3-requests openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.1-1.2
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10125-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10482-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1830 updated cvss 2.6
python-requests: Proxy-Authorization header leak
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Red Hat Storage 2 python-requests Red Hat Storage 3 python-requests, python2-requestsaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-requests Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) python-requests Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 python-requests Red Hat Satellite 6 python-requests, python3-requestsunder investigation
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | requests | <2.3.0 |
2.3.0 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
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mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:133
vendor-advisory, web, advisory
-
lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00095.html
vendor-advisory, web
-
debian.org
/security/2015/dsa-3146
vendor-advisory, web, advisory
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bugs.debian.org
/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=733108
web, vendor-advisory
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github.com
/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1885
web, report
-
advisories.mageia.org
/MGASA-2014-0409.html
web, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1830
advisory
-
github.com
/psf/requests/issues/1885
web
-
github.com
/psf/requests
package
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/requests/PYSEC-2014-14.yaml
web
-
web.archive.org
/web/20150523055216/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:133/?name=MDVSA
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-652x-xj99-gmcc
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-1830
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-652x-xj99-gmcc
- NVD CVE-2014-1830
- OSV PYSEC-2014-14
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