From e3110c3cfbb7daa690d54d0eff6c264c870a71bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:15:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [3.8] bpo-42967: only use '&' as a query string separator (GH-24297) (#24529) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * bpo-42967: only use '&' as a query string separator (#24297) bpo-42967: [security] Address a web cache-poisoning issue reported in urllib.parse.parse_qsl(). urllib.parse will only us "&" as query string separator by default instead of both ";" and "&" as allowed in earlier versions. An optional argument seperator with default value "&" is added to specify the separator. Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo Co-authored-by: blurb-it[bot] <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo (cherry picked from commit fcbe0cb04d35189401c0c880ebfb4311e952d776) * [3.8] bpo-42967: only use '&' as a query string separator (GH-24297) bpo-42967: [security] Address a web cache-poisoning issue reported in urllib.parse.parse_qsl(). urllib.parse will only us "&" as query string separator by default instead of both ";" and "&" as allowed in earlier versions. An optional argument seperator with default value "&" is added to specify the separator. Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo Co-authored-by: blurb-it[bot] <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo . (cherry picked from commit fcbe0cb04d35189401c0c880ebfb4311e952d776) Co-authored-by: Adam Goldschmidt * Update correct version information. * fix docs and make logic clearer Co-authored-by: Adam Goldschmidt Co-authored-by: Fidget-Spinner <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com> Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e3110c3cfbb7daa690d54d0eff6c264c870a71bf] CVE: CVE-2020-23336 Signed-off-by: Chee Yang Lee --- Doc/library/cgi.rst | 11 ++- Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst | 22 +++++- Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst | 13 ++++ Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst | 13 ++++ Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst | 13 ++++ Lib/cgi.py | 23 ++++--- Lib/test/test_cgi.py | 29 ++++++-- Lib/test/test_urlparse.py | 68 +++++++++++++------ Lib/urllib/parse.py | 19 ++++-- .../2021-02-14-15-59-16.bpo-42967.YApqDS.rst | 1 + 10 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-02-14-15-59-16.bpo-42967.YApqDS.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/cgi.rst b/Doc/library/cgi.rst index 4048592e7361f..880074bed6026 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cgi.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cgi.rst @@ -277,14 +277,16 @@ These are useful if you want more control, or if you want to employ some of the algorithms implemented in this module in other circumstances. -.. function:: parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False) +.. function:: parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, separator="&") Parse a query in the environment or from a file (the file defaults to - ``sys.stdin``). The *keep_blank_values* and *strict_parsing* parameters are + ``sys.stdin``). The *keep_blank_values*, *strict_parsing* and *separator* parameters are passed to :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` unchanged. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8.8 + Added the *separator* parameter. -.. function:: parse_multipart(fp, pdict, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") +.. function:: parse_multipart(fp, pdict, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", separator="&") Parse input of type :mimetype:`multipart/form-data` (for file uploads). Arguments are *fp* for the input file, *pdict* for a dictionary containing @@ -303,6 +305,9 @@ algorithms implemented in this module in other circumstances. Added the *encoding* and *errors* parameters. For non-file fields, the value is now a list of strings, not bytes. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8.8 + Added the *separator* parameter. + .. function:: parse_header(string) diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst index 25e5cc1a6ce0b..fcad7076e6c77 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ or on combining URL components into a URL string. now raise :exc:`ValueError`. -.. function:: parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None) +.. function:: parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None, separator='&') Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type :mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Data are returned as a @@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ or on combining URL components into a URL string. read. If set, then throws a :exc:`ValueError` if there are more than *max_num_fields* fields read. + The optional argument *separator* is the symbol to use for separating the + query arguments. It defaults to ``&``. + Use the :func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function (with the ``doseq`` parameter set to ``True``) to convert such dictionaries into query strings. @@ -201,8 +204,14 @@ or on combining URL components into a URL string. .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added *max_num_fields* parameter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8.8 + Added *separator* parameter with the default value of ``&``. Python + versions earlier than Python 3.8.8 allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as + query parameter separator. This has been changed to allow only a single + separator key, with ``&`` as the default separator. + -.. function:: parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None) +.. function:: parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None, separator='&') Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type :mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Data are returned as a list of @@ -226,6 +235,9 @@ or on combining URL components into a URL string. read. If set, then throws a :exc:`ValueError` if there are more than *max_num_fields* fields read. + The optional argument *separator* is the symbol to use for separating the + query arguments. It defaults to ``&``. + Use the :func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function to convert such lists of pairs into query strings. @@ -235,6 +247,12 @@ or on combining URL components into a URL string. .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added *max_num_fields* parameter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8.8 + Added *separator* parameter with the default value of ``&``. Python + versions earlier than Python 3.8.8 allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as + query parameter separator. This has been changed to allow only a single + separator key, with ``&`` as the default separator. + .. function:: urlunparse(parts) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 85a6657fdfbda..03a877a3d9178 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -2443,3 +2443,16 @@ because of the behavior of the socket option ``SO_REUSEADDR`` in UDP. For more details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``. (Contributed by Kyle Stanley, Antoine Pitrou, and Yury Selivanov in :issue:`37228`.) + +Notable changes in Python 3.6.13 +================================ + +Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as +query parameter separators in :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` and +:func:`urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with +newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single +separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects +:func:`cgi.parse` and :func:`cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected +functions internally. For more details, please see their respective +documentation. +(Contributed by Adam Goldschmidt, Senthil Kumaran and Ken Jin in :issue:`42967`.) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 4933cba3990b1..824dc13e0c6fd 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -2556,3 +2556,16 @@ because of the behavior of the socket option ``SO_REUSEADDR`` in UDP. For more details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``. (Contributed by Kyle Stanley, Antoine Pitrou, and Yury Selivanov in :issue:`37228`.) + +Notable changes in Python 3.7.10 +================================ + +Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as +query parameter separators in :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` and +:func:`urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with +newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single +separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects +:func:`cgi.parse` and :func:`cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected +functions internally. For more details, please see their respective +documentation. +(Contributed by Adam Goldschmidt, Senthil Kumaran and Ken Jin in :issue:`42967`.) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 1a192800b2f02..632ccc1f2c40a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -2251,3 +2251,16 @@ The constant values of future flags in the :mod:`__future__` module are updated in order to prevent collision with compiler flags. Previously ``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` was clashing with ``CO_FUTURE_DIVISION``. (Contributed by Batuhan Taskaya in :issue:`39562`) + +Notable changes in Python 3.8.8 +=============================== + +Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as +query parameter separators in :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` and +:func:`urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with +newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single +separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects +:func:`cgi.parse` and :func:`cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected +functions internally. For more details, please see their respective +documentation. +(Contributed by Adam Goldschmidt, Senthil Kumaran and Ken Jin in :issue:`42967`.) diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py index 77ab703cc0360..1e880e51848af 100755 --- a/Lib/cgi.py +++ b/Lib/cgi.py @@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def closelog(): # 0 ==> unlimited input maxlen = 0 -def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0): +def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, + strict_parsing=0, separator='&'): """Parse a query in the environment or from a file (default stdin) Arguments, all optional: @@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0): strict_parsing: flag indicating what to do with parsing errors. If false (the default), errors are silently ignored. If true, errors raise a ValueError exception. + + separator: str. The symbol to use for separating the query arguments. + Defaults to &. """ if fp is None: fp = sys.stdin @@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0): if environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST': ctype, pdict = parse_header(environ['CONTENT_TYPE']) if ctype == 'multipart/form-data': - return parse_multipart(fp, pdict) + return parse_multipart(fp, pdict, separator=separator) elif ctype == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded': clength = int(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH']) if maxlen and clength > maxlen: @@ -178,10 +182,10 @@ def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0): qs = "" environ['QUERY_STRING'] = qs # XXX Shouldn't, really return urllib.parse.parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing, - encoding=encoding) + encoding=encoding, separator=separator) -def parse_multipart(fp, pdict, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"): +def parse_multipart(fp, pdict, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", separator='&'): """Parse multipart input. Arguments: @@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ def parse_multipart(fp, pdict, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"): except KeyError: pass fs = FieldStorage(fp, headers=headers, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, - environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST'}) + environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST'}, separator=separator) return {k: fs.getlist(k) for k in fs} def _parseparam(s): @@ -315,7 +319,7 @@ class FieldStorage: def __init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary=b'', environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0, limit=None, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', - max_num_fields=None): + max_num_fields=None, separator='&'): """Constructor. Read multipart/* until last part. Arguments, all optional: @@ -363,6 +367,7 @@ def __init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary=b'', self.keep_blank_values = keep_blank_values self.strict_parsing = strict_parsing self.max_num_fields = max_num_fields + self.separator = separator if 'REQUEST_METHOD' in environ: method = environ['REQUEST_METHOD'].upper() self.qs_on_post = None @@ -589,7 +594,7 @@ def read_urlencoded(self): query = urllib.parse.parse_qsl( qs, self.keep_blank_values, self.strict_parsing, encoding=self.encoding, errors=self.errors, - max_num_fields=self.max_num_fields) + max_num_fields=self.max_num_fields, separator=self.separator) self.list = [MiniFieldStorage(key, value) for key, value in query] self.skip_lines() @@ -605,7 +610,7 @@ def read_multi(self, environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing): query = urllib.parse.parse_qsl( self.qs_on_post, self.keep_blank_values, self.strict_parsing, encoding=self.encoding, errors=self.errors, - max_num_fields=self.max_num_fields) + max_num_fields=self.max_num_fields, separator=self.separator) self.list.extend(MiniFieldStorage(key, value) for key, value in query) klass = self.FieldStorageClass or self.__class__ @@ -649,7 +654,7 @@ def read_multi(self, environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing): else self.limit - self.bytes_read part = klass(self.fp, headers, ib, environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing, limit, - self.encoding, self.errors, max_num_fields) + self.encoding, self.errors, max_num_fields, self.separator) if max_num_fields is not None: max_num_fields -= 1 diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py index 101942de947fb..4e1506a6468b9 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py @@ -53,12 +53,9 @@ def do_test(buf, method): ("", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), ("&", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), ("&&", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), - (";", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), - (";&;", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), # Should the next few really be valid? ("=", {}), ("=&=", {}), - ("=;=", {}), # This rest seem to make sense ("=a", {'': ['a']}), ("&=a", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), @@ -73,8 +70,6 @@ def do_test(buf, method): ("a=a+b&b=b+c", {'a': ['a b'], 'b': ['b c']}), ("a=a+b&a=b+a", {'a': ['a b', 'b a']}), ("x=1&y=2.0&z=2-3.%2b0", {'x': ['1'], 'y': ['2.0'], 'z': ['2-3.+0']}), - ("x=1;y=2.0&z=2-3.%2b0", {'x': ['1'], 'y': ['2.0'], 'z': ['2-3.+0']}), - ("x=1;y=2.0;z=2-3.%2b0", {'x': ['1'], 'y': ['2.0'], 'z': ['2-3.+0']}), ("Hbc5161168c542333633315dee1182227:key_store_seqid=400006&cuyer=r&view=bustomer&order_id=0bb2e248638833d48cb7fed300000f1b&expire=964546263&lobale=en-US&kid=130003.300038&ss=env", {'Hbc5161168c542333633315dee1182227:key_store_seqid': ['400006'], 'cuyer': ['r'], @@ -201,6 +196,30 @@ def test_strict(self): else: self.assertEqual(fs.getvalue(key), expect_val[0]) + def test_separator(self): + parse_semicolon = [ + ("x=1;y=2.0", {'x': ['1'], 'y': ['2.0']}), + ("x=1;y=2.0;z=2-3.%2b0", {'x': ['1'], 'y': ['2.0'], 'z': ['2-3.+0']}), + (";", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), + (";;", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), + ("=;a", ValueError("bad query field: 'a'")), + (";b=a", ValueError("bad query field: ''")), + ("b;=a", ValueError("bad query field: 'b'")), + ("a=a+b;b=b+c", {'a': ['a b'], 'b': ['b c']}), + ("a=a+b;a=b+a", {'a': ['a b', 'b a']}), + ] + for orig, expect in parse_semicolon: + env = {'QUERY_STRING': orig} + fs = cgi.FieldStorage(separator=';', environ=env) + if isinstance(expect, dict): + for key in expect.keys(): + expect_val = expect[key] + self.assertIn(key, fs) + if len(expect_val) > 1: + self.assertEqual(fs.getvalue(key), expect_val) + else: + self.assertEqual(fs.getvalue(key), expect_val[0]) + def test_log(self): cgi.log("Testing") diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py index 4ae6ed33858ce..90c8d6922629e 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py @@ -32,16 +32,10 @@ (b"&a=b", [(b'a', b'b')]), (b"a=a+b&b=b+c", [(b'a', b'a b'), (b'b', b'b c')]), (b"a=1&a=2", [(b'a', b'1'), (b'a', b'2')]), - (";", []), - (";;", []), - (";a=b", [('a', 'b')]), - ("a=a+b;b=b+c", [('a', 'a b'), ('b', 'b c')]), - ("a=1;a=2", [('a', '1'), ('a', '2')]), - (b";", []), - (b";;", []), - (b";a=b", [(b'a', b'b')]), - (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", [(b'a', b'a b'), (b'b', b'b c')]), - (b"a=1;a=2", [(b'a', b'1'), (b'a', b'2')]), + (";a=b", [(';a', 'b')]), + ("a=a+b;b=b+c", [('a', 'a b;b=b c')]), + (b";a=b", [(b';a', b'b')]), + (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", [(b'a', b'a b;b=b c')]), ] # Each parse_qs testcase is a two-tuple that contains @@ -68,16 +62,10 @@ (b"&a=b", {b'a': [b'b']}), (b"a=a+b&b=b+c", {b'a': [b'a b'], b'b': [b'b c']}), (b"a=1&a=2", {b'a': [b'1', b'2']}), - (";", {}), - (";;", {}), - (";a=b", {'a': ['b']}), - ("a=a+b;b=b+c", {'a': ['a b'], 'b': ['b c']}), - ("a=1;a=2", {'a': ['1', '2']}), - (b";", {}), - (b";;", {}), - (b";a=b", {b'a': [b'b']}), - (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", {b'a': [b'a b'], b'b': [b'b c']}), - (b"a=1;a=2", {b'a': [b'1', b'2']}), + (";a=b", {';a': ['b']}), + ("a=a+b;b=b+c", {'a': ['a b;b=b c']}), + (b";a=b", {b';a': [b'b']}), + (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", {b'a':[ b'a b;b=b c']}), ] class UrlParseTestCase(unittest.TestCase): @@ -884,10 +872,46 @@ def test_parse_qsl_encoding(self): def test_parse_qsl_max_num_fields(self): with self.assertRaises(ValueError): urllib.parse.parse_qs('&'.join(['a=a']*11), max_num_fields=10) - with self.assertRaises(ValueError): - urllib.parse.parse_qs(';'.join(['a=a']*11), max_num_fields=10) urllib.parse.parse_qs('&'.join(['a=a']*10), max_num_fields=10) + def test_parse_qs_separator(self): + parse_qs_semicolon_cases = [ + (";", {}), + (";;", {}), + (";a=b", {'a': ['b']}), + ("a=a+b;b=b+c", {'a': ['a b'], 'b': ['b c']}), + ("a=1;a=2", {'a': ['1', '2']}), + (b";", {}), + (b";;", {}), + (b";a=b", {b'a': [b'b']}), + (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", {b'a': [b'a b'], b'b': [b'b c']}), + (b"a=1;a=2", {b'a': [b'1', b'2']}), + ] + for orig, expect in parse_qs_semicolon_cases: + with self.subTest(f"Original: {orig!r}, Expected: {expect!r}"): + result = urllib.parse.parse_qs(orig, separator=';') + self.assertEqual(result, expect, "Error parsing %r" % orig) + + + def test_parse_qsl_separator(self): + parse_qsl_semicolon_cases = [ + (";", []), + (";;", []), + (";a=b", [('a', 'b')]), + ("a=a+b;b=b+c", [('a', 'a b'), ('b', 'b c')]), + ("a=1;a=2", [('a', '1'), ('a', '2')]), + (b";", []), + (b";;", []), + (b";a=b", [(b'a', b'b')]), + (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", [(b'a', b'a b'), (b'b', b'b c')]), + (b"a=1;a=2", [(b'a', b'1'), (b'a', b'2')]), + ] + for orig, expect in parse_qsl_semicolon_cases: + with self.subTest(f"Original: {orig!r}, Expected: {expect!r}"): + result = urllib.parse.parse_qsl(orig, separator=';') + self.assertEqual(result, expect, "Error parsing %r" % orig) + + def test_urlencode_sequences(self): # Other tests incidentally urlencode things; test non-covered cases: # Sequence and object values. diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py index 95be7181133b4..0c1c94f5fc986 100644 --- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py +++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ def unquote(string, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'): def parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, - encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None): + encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None, separator='&'): """Parse a query given as a string argument. Arguments: @@ -674,12 +674,15 @@ def parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, max_num_fields: int. If set, then throws a ValueError if there are more than n fields read by parse_qsl(). + separator: str. The symbol to use for separating the query arguments. + Defaults to &. + Returns a dictionary. """ parsed_result = {} pairs = parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, - max_num_fields=max_num_fields) + max_num_fields=max_num_fields, separator=separator) for name, value in pairs: if name in parsed_result: parsed_result[name].append(value) @@ -689,7 +692,7 @@ def parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, def parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, - encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None): + encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None, separator='&'): """Parse a query given as a string argument. Arguments: @@ -712,19 +715,25 @@ def parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, max_num_fields: int. If set, then throws a ValueError if there are more than n fields read by parse_qsl(). + separator: str. The symbol to use for separating the query arguments. + Defaults to &. + Returns a list, as G-d intended. """ qs, _coerce_result = _coerce_args(qs) + if not separator or (not isinstance(separator, (str, bytes))): + raise ValueError("Separator must be of type string or bytes.") + # If max_num_fields is defined then check that the number of fields # is less than max_num_fields. This prevents a memory exhaustion DOS # attack via post bodies with many fields. if max_num_fields is not None: - num_fields = 1 + qs.count('&') + qs.count(';') + num_fields = 1 + qs.count(separator) if max_num_fields < num_fields: raise ValueError('Max number of fields exceeded') - pairs = [s2 for s1 in qs.split('&') for s2 in s1.split(';')] + pairs = [s1 for s1 in qs.split(separator)] r = [] for name_value in pairs: if not name_value and not strict_parsing: diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-02-14-15-59-16.bpo-42967.YApqDS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-02-14-15-59-16.bpo-42967.YApqDS.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f08489b41494e --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-02-14-15-59-16.bpo-42967.YApqDS.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix web cache poisoning vulnerability by defaulting the query args separator to ``&``, and allowing the user to choose a custom separator.