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CVE-2026-55520— Protego: Exponential backtracking ReDoS in robots.txt URL wildcard matching

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Affected
scrapy protego
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Scrapy Protego是Scrapy团队开源的一款解析robots协议的库。 Scrapy Protego 0.6.2之前版本存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于src/Protego/_urlpattern.py中的正则表达式处理不当，将Allow或Disallow指令中的星号转换为惰性通配符，导致指数回溯，攻击者利用特制的robots.txt文件可导致拒绝服务。

CVSS 7.1 · High EPSS 0.51% · P44

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
scrapy protego < 0.6.2 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-55520

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Protego: Exponential backtracking ReDoS in robots.txt URL wildcard matching
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Protego is a pure-Python robots.txt parser with support for modern conventions. Prior to 0.6.2, protego._urlpattern._URLPattern._prepare_pattern_for_regex translates every asterisk in an Allow or Disallow directive into a lazy regular-expression wildcard, so a directive containing many asterisks creates exponential backtracking. After protego.Protego.parse processes a crafted robots.txt file, protego.Protego.can_fetch can spend an attacker-controlled period matching a near-miss URL and deny service to the crawler. The vulnerable path is src/protego/_urlpattern.py in the _URLPattern match logic. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.2.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
未加控制的资源消耗(资源穷尽)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Scrapy Protego 资源管理错误漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Scrapy Protego是Scrapy团队开源的一款解析robots协议的库。 Scrapy Protego 0.6.2之前版本存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于src/Protego/_urlpattern.py中的正则表达式处理不当，将Allow或Disallow指令中的星号转换为惰性通配符，导致指数回溯，攻击者利用特制的robots.txt文件可导致拒绝服务。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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scrapy protego < 0.6.2 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-55520 (1)

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IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same vendor: scrapy
Same weakness: CWE-400