Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. Prior to 1.3.0, the HTTP request path is not validated before being used to reconstruct request.url. Because request.url is rebuilt by concatenating {scheme}://{host}{path} and re-parsing the result, a path that does not begin with / (for example @google.com) moves the authority boundary during re-parsing, so request.url.hostname and request.url.netloc become attacker-controlled. Code that reads request.url.hostname (rather than the Host header or scope) can therefore be misled into trusting an attacker-supplied host. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.0.
Weakness
The product uses a name or reference to access a resource, but the name/reference resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlette | Encode | * | 1.3.0 (excluding) |
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/159.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/177.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/48.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/641.html