Scrapy: S3DownloadHandler sends signed S3 requests over plaintext HTTP by default
Published Sep 1, 2026
7.4
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
Scrapy is a high-level web crawling and scraping framework for Python. Prior to 2.17.0, in scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py, Scrapy's S3DownloadHandler converts an S3-scheme bucket and key request into a plaintext HTTP request to the corresponding S3 endpoint unless request.meta["is_secure"] is explicitly enabled, then signs and sends the plaintext request with configured AWS credentials. A network attacker who can observe traffic between Scrapy and S3 can read the bucket and key path, AWS Authorization header, X-Amz-Security-Token when temporary credentials are used, S3 object contents, and S3 response headers. An active man-in-the-middle attacker can also modify the plaintext S3 response body, status code, and headers before Scrapy processes them, causing scraped-data poisoning, poisoned exports, HTTP cache poisoning when caching is enabled, or influence over later crawl targets through forged redirects or attacker-controlled links. Users making S3-scheme requests with AWS credentials are affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.17.0.
Affected products
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- Version < 2.17.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Sep 2, 2026 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
Sep–Oct 2026- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v5
Table of values (2 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 15.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 5.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
References (5)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-76g3-c3x4-crvx Advisory
- https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/9523e1ec8c41fde265a26d14563d178b6f1ad04b x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/releases/tag/2.17.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/security/advisories/GHSA-76g3-c3x4-crvx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84366
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-76g3-c3x4-crvx | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/9523e1ec8c41fde265a26d14563d178b6f1ad04b | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/releases/tag/2.17.0 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/security/advisories/GHSA-76g3-c3x4-crvx | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84366 |
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