bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to…
Summary
Vulnerability reported (CVE-2020-6817). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).
Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).
Patches
3.1.4
Workarounds
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do not whitelist the style attribute in
bleach.cleancalls -
limit input string length
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623633
- https://www.regular-expressions.info/redos.html
- https://blog.r2c.dev/posts/finding-python-redos-bugs-at-scale-using-dlint-and-r2c/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6817
Credits
- Reported by schwag09 of r2c
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue at https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/issues
- Email us at security@mozilla.org
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-6817 has been found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2020-6817" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-6817
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) has been reported.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。
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2Post-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。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6817 python-bleach Fixed in: 3.1.4-1
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web bugzilla.mozilla.org
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web snyk.io