CVE-2024-1892

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.

Weakness classification

• security@huntr.dev: CWE-1333

Primary references

• security@huntr.dev — Patch
• security@huntr.dev — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory