CVE-2024-1892 — ReDoS Vulnerability in scrapy/scrapy's XMLFeedSpider
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 craft…
Published: 2024-02-28 · CVSS: 7.5 · CVSS 3.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7