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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2024· Updated Aug 1, 2024

Authorization Header Leakage in scrapy/scrapy on Scheme Change Redirects

CVE-2024-1968

Description

In scrapy/scrapy, an issue was identified where the Authorization header is not removed during redirects that only change the scheme (e.g., HTTPS to HTTP) but remain within the same domain. This behavior contravenes the Fetch standard, which mandates the removal of Authorization headers in cross-origin requests when the scheme, host, or port changes. Consequently, when a redirect downgrades from HTTPS to HTTP, the Authorization header may be inadvertently exposed in plaintext, leading to potential sensitive information disclosure to unauthorized actors. The flaw is located in the _build_redirect_request function of the redirect middleware.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
ScrapyPyPI
< 2.11.22.11.2

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