CVE-2026-25645 — Insecure Temporary File in Requests
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateApr 6
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 vulner…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7GHSA
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📋Vendor Advisories
3Microsoft
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Debian▶
CVE-2026-25645: requests - Requests is a HTTP library. Prior to version 2.33.0, the `requests.utils.extract...↗2026
🕵️Threat Intelligence
1💬Community
3Bugzilla▶
CVE-2026-25645 python3.15: Requests: Security bypass due to predictable temporary file creation [fedora-all]↗2026-03-27
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CVE-2026-25645 python3.6: Requests: Security bypass due to predictable temporary file creation [fedora-all]↗2026-03-27
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CVE-2026-25645 pypy: Requests: Security bypass due to predictable temporary file creation [fedora-all]↗2026-03-27