CVE-2022-0577 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in scrapy/scrapy

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can access sensitive information from the Scrapy web scraping library due to improper authorization checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0577?

CVE-2022-0577 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in GitHub repository scrapy/scrapy prior to 2.6.1.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0577?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including scrapy. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
scrapy PyPIAll versions1.8.2
scrapy PyPIAll versions1.8.2
scrapy PyPIAll versions2.6.1
scrapy PyPIFrom 2.0.02.6.0
scrapy PyPIFrom 2.0.02.6.0

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Scrapy Scrapy.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0577?

Upgrade scrapy to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.2, 2.6.1 or 2.6.0.

Is CVE-2022-0577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0577 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0577, GHSA-cjvr-mfj7-j4j8, PYSEC-2022-159, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0577, openSUSE-SU-2024:11889-1.

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