---
id: CVE-2026-25645
aliases:
  - GHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2
  - PYSEC-2026-2275
title: >-
  Requests has Insecure Temp File Reuse in its extract_zipped_paths() utility
  function
summary: >-
  Requests has Insecure Temp File Reuse in its extract_zipped_paths() utility
  function
severity: medium
cvss: 4.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
vendor: requests
product: requests
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - requests < 2.33.0
patched:
  - requests 2.33.0
published: '2026-03-25'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:50:39.207922076Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/psf/requests/security/advisories/GHSA-gc5v-m9x4-r6x2'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25645'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/psf/requests/commit/66d21cb07bd6255b1280291c4fafb71803cdb3b7
  - url: 'https://github.com/psf/requests'
  - url: 'https://github.com/psf/requests/releases/tag/v2.33.0'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00185
epssPercentile: 0.0716
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/Jaycelation/CVE-2026-25645'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-25T08:20:53.544Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-07-13T18:57:58.243Z'
---

## Overview

### Impact
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.

### Affected usages
**Standard usage of the Requests library is not affected by this vulnerability.** Only applications that call `extract_zipped_paths()` directly are impacted.

### Remediation
Upgrade to at least Requests 2.33.0, where the library now 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.

## Affected packages

- `requests < 2.33.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `requests 2.33.0`