Man-in-the-middle interception via reused TLS pool
Published May 20, 2024 · Updated Jul 31, 2025
Improper TLS verification in Requests before 2.32.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or alter HTTPS traffic. HTTPAdapter previously selected a connection pool without incorporating the per-request verify value, so a pool opened with CERT_NONE was reused. The flaw requires a long-lived Session whose first request to an origin disables verification; a man-in-the-middle attacker can then read or alter later HTTPS traffic.
Summary
What happened
Improper TLS verification in Requests before 2.32.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or alter HTTPS traffic. HTTPAdapter previously selected a connection pool without incorporating the per-request verify value, so a pool opened with CERT_NONE was reused. The flaw requires a long-lived Session whose first request to an origin disables verification; a man-in-the-middle attacker can then read or alter later HTTPS traffic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35195
- Published
- May 20, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 31, 2025
- Vendor
- Request Project
- Product
- request
- Classifications
- CWE-670, T1557
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 31, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.32.0
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Public exploit references
- Upstream TLS pool regression testproof of concept · validated
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