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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade python-scrapy | May 15, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-scrapy (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-scrapy (Ubuntu Pro) | May 7, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 |
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