CVE-2026-25645Requests has Insecure Temp File Reuse in its extract_zipped_paths() utility function
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.19%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 91% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Requests is a HTTP library. Prior to version 2.33.0, the `requests.utils.extract_zipped_paths()` utility function uses a predictable filename when extracting files from zip archives into the system temporary directory. If the target file already exists, it is reused without validation. A local attacker with write access to the temp directory could pre-create a malicious file that would be loaded in place of the legitimate one. Standard usage of the Requests library is not affected by this vulnerability. Only applications that call `extract_zipped_paths()` directly are impacted. Starting in version 2.33.0, the library extracts files to a non-deterministic location. If developers are unable to upgrade, they can set `TMPDIR` in their environment to a directory with restricted write access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIrequestsGHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/66d21cb07bd6255b1280291c4fafb71803cdb3b7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/psf/requests/releases/tag/v2.33.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-15754 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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