[security] Open redirect attack due to insufficient validation in Urlparse
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Description
| BPO | 44744 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @lysnikolaou, @loganasherjones, @ready-research |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2021-07-26.14:58:32.795>
labels = ['type-security', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.7', 'library']
title = '[security] Open redirect attack due to insufficient validation in Urlparse'
updated_at = <Date 2021-07-30.20:30:12.641>
user = 'https://github.com/ready-research'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2021-07-30.20:30:12.641>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2021-07-26.14:58:32.795>
creator = 'ready-research'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 44744
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['398232', '398273', '398274', '398276', '398295']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['lys.nikolaou', 'loganasherjones', 'ready-research']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'security'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue44744'
versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Urlparse behavior described in BPO issue 44744 and inspect the current URL-parsing implementation. Reproduce the open-redirect case and determine the validation expected for affected inputs. Done means the attack is prevented and regression coverage verifies the corrected behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100