CVE catalog
CVE-2024-3572
Scrapy vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.81% · Oct 25, 2026
The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-scrapy | sid | 2.19.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | python-scrapy | forky | 2.19.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | python-scrapy | trixie | 2.12.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | python-scrapy | bookworm | 2.8.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | noble | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy-doc | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python3-scrapy | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | 16.04 | 1.0.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | 16.04 | 1.0.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | pro | 2.4.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | pro | 2.5.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | pro | 2.5.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-scrapy | source | sid | 2.11.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-scrapy | source | forky | 2.11.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-scrapy | source | trixie | 2.11.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | python-scrapy | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | deb | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy-doc | deb | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python3-scrapy | deb | noble | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python-scrapy | deb | pro | 2.5.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-3572 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] python-scrapy: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-3572]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-3572]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3572]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7476-1]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]