Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the XMLFeedSpider class of the scrapy/scrapy project, specifically in the parsing of XML content. By crafting malicious XML content that exploits inefficient regular expression complexity used in the parsing process, an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability allows for the system to hang and consume significant resources, potentially rendering services that utilize Scrapy for XML processing unresponsive.
Published: 2024-02-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0162 A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the XMLFeedSpider class of the scrapy/scrapy project, specifically in the parsing of XML content. By crafting malicious XML content that exploits inefficient regular expression complexity used in the parsing process, an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability allows for the system to hang and consume significant resources, potentially rendering services that utilize Scrapy for XML processing unresponsive.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cc65-xxvf-f7r9 Scrapy vulnerable to ReDoS via XMLFeedSpider
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7476-1 Scrapy vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00093}

epss

{'score': 0.00084}


Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-11T14:28:49.917Z

Reserved: 2024-02-26T15:14:37.251Z

Link: CVE-2024-1892

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.557Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-28T00:15:53.897

Modified: 2025-01-10T14:49:33.690

Link: CVE-2024-1892

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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