Description
Scrapy is a high-level web crawling and scraping framework for Python. From 1.4.0 until 2.14.2, RefererMiddleware in scrapy/spidermiddlewares/referer.py treated a Referrer-Policy response-header value that resembled a Python import path as a referrer policy class, imported the referenced object, and called it. A malicious website could supply a callable such as sys.exit and terminate a crawler processing the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.
Published: 2026-10-05
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cwxj-rr6w-m6w7 Scrapy: Arbitrary Module Import via Referrer-Policy Header in RefererMiddleware
History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy
Vendors & Products Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description Scrapy is a high-level web crawling and scraping framework for Python. From 1.4.0 until 2.14.2, RefererMiddleware in scrapy/spidermiddlewares/referer.py treated a Referrer-Policy response-header value that resembled a Python import path as a referrer policy class, imported the referenced object, and called it. A malicious website could supply a callable such as sys.exit and terminate a crawler processing the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.
Title Scrapy: Arbitrary Module Import via Referrer-Policy Header in RefererMiddleware
Weaknesses CWE-470
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T13:44:10.445Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T20:37:19.362Z

Link: CVE-2026-105782

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T13:42:58.859Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-06T00:16:33.613

Modified: 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547

Link: CVE-2026-105782

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-05T23:08:55Z

Links: CVE-2026-105782 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T00:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-470

    Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')