GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-06-01 21:19
Modified
2021-10-21 16:39
Severity
Summary
Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters
Details
Impact
When provided with a URL containing many @
characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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