{"cve":"CVE-2024-3572","nvd":{"published":"2024-04-16T00:15:12.387","modified":"2026-06-17T07:44:32.490","status":"Analyzed","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-409"],"references":["https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f","https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb","https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f","https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb"],"products":["scrapy:scrapy"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:48:32.179249784+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-3572","score":0.00814,"percentile":0.57047,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-7j7m-v7m3-jqm7","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7j7m-v7m3-jqm7","summary":"Scrapy decompression bomb vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:57:02.337875458Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"scrapy","purl":"pkg:pypi/scrapy","ranges":[">=2.0.0 <2.11.1"],"fixed":["2.11.1"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"scrapy","purl":"pkg:pypi/scrapy","ranges":["<1.8.4"],"fixed":["1.8.4"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1907","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1907","summary":"Scrapy decompression bomb vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:52.942329189Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"scrapy","purl":"pkg:pypi/scrapy","ranges":["<1.8.4",">=2.0.0 <2.11.1"],"fixed":["1.8.4","2.11.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}