Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-41125
Scrapy is a high-level web crawling and scraping framework for Python. If you use `HttpAuthMiddleware` (i.e. the `http_user` and `http_pass` spider attributes) for HTTP authentication, all requests will expose your credentials to the request target. This includes requests generated by Scrapy components, such as `robots.txt` requests sent by Scrapy when the `ROBOTSTXT_OBEY` setting is set to `True`, or as requests reached through redirects. Upgrade to Scrapy 2.5.1 and use the new `http_auth_domain` spider attribute to control which domains are allowed to receive the configured HTTP authentication credentials. If you are using Scrapy 1.8 or a lower version, and upgrading to Scrapy 2.5.1 is not an option, you may upgrade to Scrapy 1.8.1 instead. If you cannot upgrade, set your HTTP authentication credentials on a per-request basis, using for example the `w3lib.http.basic_auth_header` function to convert your credentials into a value that you can assign to the `Authorization` header of your request, instead of defining your credentials globally using `HttpAuthMiddleware`.
Vulnerability category: Information leak
Products affected by CVE-2021-41125
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-41125
0.48%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 64 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-41125
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
8.0
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2.9
|
NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.8
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3.6
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NIST | |
5.7
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.1
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3.6
|
GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-41125
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The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
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The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-41125
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http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth
Downloader Middleware — Scrapy 2.5.1 documentationVendor Advisory
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00021.html
[SECURITY] [DLA 2950-1] python-scrapy security updateMailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwqp-28gf-p498
HTTP authentication credentials potentially leaked to target websites · Advisory · scrapy/scrapy · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/b01d69a1bf48060daec8f751368622352d8b85a6
Add http_auth_domain to HttpAuthMiddleware. · scrapy/scrapy@b01d69a · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://w3lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/w3lib.html#w3lib.http.basic_auth_header
w3lib Package — w3lib 1.22.0 documentationThird Party Advisory
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