Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. Security Fix(es): * requests: Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs (CVE-2024-47081) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The fence-agents packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rely on the python-requests library, which is vulnerable to leaking .netrc credentials when processing malicious URLs (CVE-2024-47081). This vulnerability could expose sensitive authentication credentials used for remote power management in cluster environments. Red Hat has released an updated python-requests package version 2.25.1-10.el9_6 that fixes this issue. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, including Extended Update Support and Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of .netrc credentials, potentially allowing attackers to gain access to sensitive authentication information used by cluster management scripts. This could undermine cluster node management and recovery operations. However, no known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for python-requests (version 2.25.1-10.el9_6) that addresses CVE-2024-47081. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants should apply the update promptly by following Red Hat's update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update
Description
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. Security Fix(es): * requests: Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs (CVE-2024-47081) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The fence-agents packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rely on the python-requests library, which is vulnerable to leaking .netrc credentials when processing malicious URLs (CVE-2024-47081). This vulnerability could expose sensitive authentication credentials used for remote power management in cluster environments. Red Hat has released an updated python-requests package version 2.25.1-10.el9_6 that fixes this issue. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, including Extended Update Support and Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of .netrc credentials, potentially allowing attackers to gain access to sensitive authentication information used by cluster management scripts. This could undermine cluster node management and recovery operations. However, no known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for python-requests (version 2.25.1-10.el9_6) that addresses CVE-2024-47081. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants should apply the update promptly by following Red Hat's update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:15723
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b50081640
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:35 UTC
Last enriched: 07/08/2026, 15:05:21 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 150
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