CVE-2024-1892

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    CVE-2024-1892

    Published: 28 Feb 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: ReDoS Vulnerability in scrapy/scrapy's XMLFeedSpider

    Details: 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.

    References: https://huntr.com/bounties/271f94f2-1e05-4616-ac43-41752389e26b, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/1xxx/CVE-2024-1892.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1892, https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2f1d345e74d19e33016f9e69fcda0bda9afb568d

    Affected versions

    2.11.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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