Vulnerability · CVE-2025-66471
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python.
Published Dec 5, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 5, 2025 · urllib3 is a user-friendly
Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-66471. EPSS is 0.68%. Act only if a listed version of urllib3 is a user-friendly is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (urllib3 is a user-friendly).
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High8.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.68%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor urllib3 urllib3 1.0, < 2.6.0
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response body into memory at once. When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can perform decoding or decompression based on the HTTP Content-Encoding header (e.g., gzip, deflate, br, or zstd). The library must read compressed data from the network and decompress it until the requ
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor urllib3 urllib3 1.0, < 2.6.01.0, < 2.6.0
How to fix CVE-2025-66471
Upgrade
CVE-2025-66471 lists a fix boundary at 2.6.0. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 2.6.0
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-66471. EPSS is 0.68%. Act only if a listed version of urllib3 is a user-friendly is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with urllib3 urllib3 1.0, < 2.6.0 1.0, < 2.6.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.68%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 5, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response body into memory at once. When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can
Dec 5, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response body into memory at once. When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-66471
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-66471
30-day exploitation probability 0.68%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-201419
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chu
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
- EUVDOct 27, 2026