Impact
If you use HttpAuthMiddleware (i.e. the http_user and http_pass spider attributes) for Splash authentication, any non-Splash request will expose your credentials to the request target. This includes robots.txt requests sent by Scrapy when the ROBOTSTXT_OBEY setting is set to True.
Patches
Upgrade to scrapy-splash 0.8.0 and use the new SPLASH_USER and SPLASH_PASS settings instead to set your Splash authentication credentials safely.
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade, set your Splash request credentials on a per-request basis, using the splash_headers request parameter, instead of defining them globally using the HttpAuthMiddleware.
Alternatively, make sure all your requests go through Splash. That includes disabling the robots.txt middleware.
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Impact
If you use
HttpAuthMiddleware(i.e. thehttp_userandhttp_passspider attributes) for Splash authentication, any non-Splash request will expose your credentials to the request target. This includesrobots.txtrequests sent by Scrapy when theROBOTSTXT_OBEYsetting is set toTrue.Patches
Upgrade to scrapy-splash 0.8.0 and use the new
SPLASH_USERandSPLASH_PASSsettings instead to set your Splash authentication credentials safely.Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade, set your Splash request credentials on a per-request basis, using the
splash_headersrequest parameter, instead of defining them globally using theHttpAuthMiddleware.Alternatively, make sure all your requests go through Splash. That includes disabling the robots.txt middleware.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
References