Description
Scrapy is a high-level web crawling and scraping framework for Python. If you use `HttpAuthMiddleware` (i.e. the `http_user` and `http_pass` spider attributes) for HTTP authentication, all requests will expose your credentials to the request target. This includes requests generated by Scrapy components, such as `robots.txt` requests sent by Scrapy when the `ROBOTSTXT_OBEY` setting is set to `True`, or as requests reached through redirects. Upgrade to Scrapy 2.5.1 and use the new `http_auth_domain` spider attribute to control which domains are allowed to receive the configured HTTP authentication credentials. If you are using Scrapy 1.8 or a lower version, and upgrading to Scrapy 2.5.1 is not an option, you may upgrade to Scrapy 1.8.1 instead. If you cannot upgrade, set your HTTP authentication credentials on a per-request basis, using for example the `w3lib.http.basic_auth_header` function to convert your credentials into a value that you can assign to the `Authorization` header of your request, instead of defining your credentials globally using `HttpAuthMiddleware`.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| scrapy | scrapy | < 1.8.1, >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-scrapy | 2.5.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | python-scrapy | 2.5.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | python-scrapy | 2.5.1-1 | — |
| Debian 9 | python-scrapy | 1.0.3-2+deb9u1 | DLA-2950-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | python-scrapy | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | python-scrapy | 2.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | USN-7476-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | python-scrapy | 2.5.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-7476-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | python-scrapy | 1.7.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-7476-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | python-scrapy | 1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-7476-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-Scrapy | 2.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11558-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | scrapy | < 1.8.1 | 1.8.1 | GHSA-jwqp-28gf-p498 |
| PyPI | scrapy | >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.1 | 2.5.1 | GHSA-jwqp-28gf-p498 |
| PyPI | scrapy | < 1.8.1 · >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.1 | 1.8.1, 2.5.1 | PYSEC-2021-363 |
Advisories 3
- USN-7476-1 python-scrapy vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026
- DLA-2950-1 python-scrapy - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11558-1 python-Scrapy-doc-2.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwqp-28gf-p498
- https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/b01d69a1bf48060daec8f751368622352d8b85a6
- https://w3lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/w3lib.html#w3lib.http.basic_auth_header
- http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220316 [SECURITY] [DLA 2950-1] python-scrapy security update mailing-list