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CVE-2017-14158
high
CVSS 7.5
Vulnerability in scrapy (CVE-2017-14158)
Summary
vulnerability in scrapy (CVE-2017-14158). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2017-14158** has been found in scrapy.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "scrapy CVE-2017-14158" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-14158 (scrapy) — CWE-400 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-400) exists in scrapy.
📍 Affected scope
scrapy — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'scrapy' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'scrapy' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `scrapy` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
pip
scrapy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
PyPI
scrapy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.7"},{"last_affected":"2.15.2"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14158
- package https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy
- web http://blog.csdn.net/wangtua/article/details/75228728
- web https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues/482
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/8b7a4d62a95e8f605e5dfb4e0b4f299e6403dc12/vulns/scrapy/PYSEC-2017-83.yaml
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/scrapy/PYSEC-2017-83.yaml
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7wm-ph43-c39p