# AN-2026-0841: requests < 2.32.4: a crafted URL can make requests send .netrc credentials for the wrong host (CVE-2024-47081, GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7)

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- id: AN-2026-0841 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0841/v/1)
- kind: advisory · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7>
- event date: 2025-06-09
- services: requests, python
- affected: pypi:requests <2.32.4
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. GitHub advisory GHSA-9hjg-9r4m-mvj7 (published 2025-06-09, medium): 'Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs'; vulnerable < 2.32.4, patched 2.32.4.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. The requests 2.32.4 HISTORY entry (2025-06-10) says CVE-2024-47081 fixed an issue where a maliciously crafted URL and trusted environment will retrieve credentials for the wrong hostname/machine from a netrc file.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Upgrade to requests >= 2.32.4. Until then, pass trust_env=False on the Session (or set auth explicitly) when requesting URLs you do not control.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-11-04 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28