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requests: vulnerability history, versions and safety

requests is a package in the PyPI ecosystem. Vulert records 16 vulnerabilities for it across 120 releases, from Oct 2014 to Jul 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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16 vulnerabilities recorded H1 M7 U8
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0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

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4 in the last 12 months

Most recent disclosure 07 Jul 2026.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on requests 2.34.2 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Action needed: 2.34.2 has 2 known vulnerabilities, but every one of them has a fix. Upgrade to the version listed below and you are clear.

Package health score 80/100
  • Security Some issues to review
  • Maintenance Sustainable
  • Popularity Key ecosystem project
  • Community Active

What to do: Upgrade to the version that resolves each vulnerability below. Fix it, then keep watch: this version is affected today, and the next one may be too — Vulert alerts you when a new vulnerability lands. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 2.34.2 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 16 over 11 years · 4 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 07 Jul 2026 i
  • Highest CVSS 7.5 i
  • With no published fix 0 i
  • Depended on by 187,785 packages i
  • Stars 54,535 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 7/10 i
  • Last release 5 months ago i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by PyPI, refreshed 22 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for requests, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
2.34.2 14 May 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.34.1 13 May 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.34.0 11 May 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.34.0.dev1 03 May 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.33.1 30 Mar 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.33.0 25 Mar 2026 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.5 18 Aug 2025 M1 U1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.4 09 Jun 2025 M1 U1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.3 29 May 2024 M2 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.2 21 May 2024 M2 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.1 20 May 2024 M2 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.0 20 May 2024 M2 U2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.31.0 22 May 2023 M3 U3 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.30.0 03 May 2023 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.29.0 26 Apr 2023 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.28.2 12 Jan 2023 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.28.1 29 Jun 2022 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.28.0 09 Jun 2022 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.27.1 05 Jan 2022 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.27.0 03 Jan 2022 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.26.0 13 Jul 2021 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.25.1 16 Dec 2020 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.25.0 11 Nov 2020 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.24.0 17 Jun 2020 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.23.0 19 Feb 2020 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.22.0 16 May 2019 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.21.0 10 Dec 2018 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.20.1 08 Nov 2018 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.20.0 18 Oct 2018 M4 U4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.19.1 14 Jun 2018 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.19.0 12 Jun 2018 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.4 15 Aug 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.3 02 Aug 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.2 25 Jul 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.1 14 Jun 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.0 14 Jun 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.17.3 29 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.17.2 29 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.17.1 29 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.17.0 29 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.5 28 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.4 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.3 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.2 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.1 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.0 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.15.1 27 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.14.2 10 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.14.1 09 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.14.0 09 May 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.13.0 24 Jan 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.5 18 Jan 2017 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.4 14 Dec 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.3 01 Dec 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.2 30 Nov 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.1 16 Nov 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.0 15 Nov 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.11.1 17 Aug 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.11.0 08 Aug 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.10.0 29 Apr 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.9.2 29 Apr 2016 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.9.1 21 Dec 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.9.0 15 Dec 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.8.1 13 Oct 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.8.0 06 Oct 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.7.0 03 May 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.6.2 23 Apr 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.6.1 23 Apr 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.6.0 14 Mar 2015 H1 M4 U5 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.5.3 24 Feb 2015 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.5.2 23 Feb 2015 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.5.1 23 Dec 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.5.0 01 Dec 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.4.3 06 Oct 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.4.2 05 Oct 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.4.1 09 Sep 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.4.0 29 Aug 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.3.0 16 May 2014 H1 M5 U6 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.2.1 23 Jan 2014 H1 M6 U7 non-standard Yes Details →
2.2.0 09 Jan 2014 H1 M6 U7 non-standard Yes Details →
2.1.0 05 Dec 2013 H1 M6 U7 non-standard Yes Details →
2.0.1 15 Nov 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
2.0.0 15 Nov 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.2.3 25 May 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.2.2 21 May 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.2.1 20 May 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.2.0 31 Mar 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.1.0 10 Jan 2013 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.0.4 23 Dec 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.0.3 18 Dec 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.0.2 17 Dec 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.0.1 17 Dec 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
1.0.0 17 Dec 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.14.2 27 Oct 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.14.1 01 Oct 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.14.0 02 Sep 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.13.9 25 Aug 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.13.8 20 Aug 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.13.7 19 Aug 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.13.6 06 Aug 2012 H1 M5 U6 non-standard Yes Details →
0.13.5 27 Jul 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.13.4 27 Jul 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.13.3 12 Jul 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.13.2 29 Jun 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.13.1 08 Jun 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.13.0 30 May 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.12.1 08 May 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.12.0 03 May 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.11.2 23 Apr 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.11.1 31 Mar 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.8 09 Mar 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.7 08 Mar 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.6 26 Feb 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.4 20 Feb 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.3 20 Feb 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.2 15 Feb 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.1 23 Jan 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.10.0 22 Jan 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.9.3 19 Jan 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →
0.9.2 19 Jan 2012 H1 M5 U6 — Yes Details →

The newest 120 of 161 versions Vulert tracks. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2014 2
  • 2015 1
  • 2018 2
  • 2022 3
  • 2023 2
  • 2024 1
  • 2025 1
  • 2026 4

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 4 of the 16 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for requests

The 5 most severe of 16 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2018-18074: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Requests 7.5 high 2.20.0 29 Oct 2018
CVE-2014-1830: Vulnerability in requests package allows sensitive information disclosure 6.9 medium 2.3.0 14 May 2022
CVE-2023-32681: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header in requests 6.1 medium 2.31.0 22 May 2023
Insecure Certificate Verification in Requests 5.6 medium 2.32.0 20 May 2024
CVE-2024-35195: Requests Package TLS Verification Bypass in Session Object 5.6 medium 2.32.0 07 Jul 2026

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Questions

About requests

Is requests safe to use?

Vulert records 16 vulnerabilities for requests in PyPI: 0 critical, 1 high, 7 medium and 0 low, plus 8 not yet rated. Every one of them has a published fix, so the practical answer is to run a supported release and keep it patched.

What is requests's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores requests 80/100, which reads as in good shape. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of requests affected?

Yes. 2.34.2, the version you would install today, has 2 known vulnerabilities, and every one of them has a published fix. Upgrade to the version listed for each.

Which version of requests should I use?

2.34.2 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does requests have?

16 vulnerabilities are recorded for requests in the PyPI ecosystem: 0 critical, 1 high, 7 medium and 0 low, plus 8 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new requests vulnerabilities disclosed?

4 vulnerabilities were recorded for requests in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 15 Oct 2014. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of requests are affected?

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