VDB-255000 · CVE-2024-1892 · Nessus 235158

Scrapy up to 2.10 API redos

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scrapy up to 2.10 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component API. The manipulation results in redos. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-1892. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Scrapy up to 2.10. Affected is an unknown code of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Parts of the Scrapy API were found to be vulnerable to a ReDoS attack. Handling a malicious response could cause extreme CPU and memory usage during the parsing of its content, due to the use of vulnerable regular expressions for that parsing.

The weakness was published 02/28/2024 as 479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-1892 since 02/26/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1449.003.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235158 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Scrapy vulnerabilities (USN-7476-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235158). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Name

Scrapy

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redos
CWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 235158
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Scrapy vulnerabilities (USN-7476-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Scrapy 2.11
Patch: 479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5

Timelineinfo

02/26/2024 🔍
02/28/2024 +2 days 🔍
02/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/06/2025 +433 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-1892 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1892
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-255000

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2024 07:55
Updated: 05/06/2025 17:59
Changes: 02/28/2024 07:55 (51), 01/10/2025 16:11 (26), 05/06/2025 17:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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