GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg

ghsaUSosv

Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters

view advisory published 2021-06-01Licence: CC-BY-4.0

### 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 - [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503) - [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/) - [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/) - [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3) * Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)

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CVE-2021-33503UShigh7.5—
An issue was discovered in urllib3 before 1.26.5. When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component, the authority regular expression exhibits catast…
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