| From 57e88c1cf95e1481b94ae57abe1010469d47a6b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
| From: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com> |
| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:43:43 +0000 |
| Subject: [PATCH] gh-145599, CVE 2026-3644: Reject control characters in |
| `http.cookies.Morsel.update()` (#145600) |
| |
| Reject control characters in `http.cookies.Morsel.update()` and `http.cookies.BaseCookie.js_output`. |
| |
| Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org> |
| Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> |
| --- |
| Lib/http/cookies.py | 24 ++++++++++-- |
| Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py | 38 +++++++++++++++++++ |
| ...-03-06-17-03-38.gh-issue-145599.kchwZV.rst | 4 ++ |
| 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) |
| create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-06-17-03-38.gh-issue-145599.kchwZV.rst |
| |
| diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py |
| index 917280037d4dbbf..769541116993c46 100644 |
| --- a/Lib/http/cookies.py |
| +++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py |
| @@ -337,9 +337,16 @@ def update(self, values): |
| key = key.lower() |
| if key not in self._reserved: |
| raise CookieError("Invalid attribute %r" % (key,)) |
| + if _has_control_character(key, val): |
| + raise CookieError("Control characters are not allowed in " |
| + f"cookies {key!r} {val!r}") |
| data[key] = val |
| dict.update(self, data) |
| |
| + def __ior__(self, values): |
| + self.update(values) |
| + return self |
| + |
| def isReservedKey(self, K): |
| return K.lower() in self._reserved |
| |
| @@ -365,9 +372,15 @@ def __getstate__(self): |
| } |
| |
| def __setstate__(self, state): |
| - self._key = state['key'] |
| - self._value = state['value'] |
| - self._coded_value = state['coded_value'] |
| + key = state['key'] |
| + value = state['value'] |
| + coded_value = state['coded_value'] |
| + if _has_control_character(key, value, coded_value): |
| + raise CookieError("Control characters are not allowed in cookies " |
| + f"{key!r} {value!r} {coded_value!r}") |
| + self._key = key |
| + self._value = value |
| + self._coded_value = coded_value |
| |
| def output(self, attrs=None, header="Set-Cookie:"): |
| return "%s %s" % (header, self.OutputString(attrs)) |
| @@ -379,13 +392,16 @@ def __repr__(self): |
| |
| def js_output(self, attrs=None): |
| # Print javascript |
| + output_string = self.OutputString(attrs) |
| + if _has_control_character(output_string): |
| + raise CookieError("Control characters are not allowed in cookies") |
| return """ |
| <script type="text/javascript"> |
| <!-- begin hiding |
| document.cookie = \"%s\"; |
| // end hiding --> |
| </script> |
| - """ % (self.OutputString(attrs).replace('"', r'\"')) |
| + """ % (output_string.replace('"', r'\"')) |
| |
| def OutputString(self, attrs=None): |
| # Build up our result |
| diff --git a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py |
| index 7d072d5fd67ca70..e2c7551c0b33416 100644 |
| --- a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py |
| +++ b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py |
| @@ -604,6 +604,14 @@ def test_control_characters(self): |
| with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| morsel["path"] = c0 |
| |
| + # .__setstate__() |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel.__setstate__({'key': c0, 'value': 'val', 'coded_value': 'coded'}) |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel.__setstate__({'key': 'key', 'value': c0, 'coded_value': 'coded'}) |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel.__setstate__({'key': 'key', 'value': 'val', 'coded_value': c0}) |
| + |
| # .setdefault() |
| with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| morsel.setdefault("path", c0) |
| @@ -618,6 +626,18 @@ def test_control_characters(self): |
| with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| morsel.set("path", "val", c0) |
| |
| + # .update() |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel.update({"path": c0}) |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel.update({c0: "val"}) |
| + |
| + # .__ior__() |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel |= {"path": c0} |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + morsel |= {c0: "val"} |
| + |
| def test_control_characters_output(self): |
| # Tests that even if the internals of Morsel are modified |
| # that a call to .output() has control character safeguards. |
| @@ -638,6 +658,24 @@ def test_control_characters_output(self): |
| with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| cookie.output() |
| |
| + # Tests that .js_output() also has control character safeguards. |
| + for c0 in support.control_characters_c0(): |
| + morsel = cookies.Morsel() |
| + morsel.set("key", "value", "coded-value") |
| + morsel._key = c0 # Override private variable. |
| + cookie = cookies.SimpleCookie() |
| + cookie["cookie"] = morsel |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + cookie.js_output() |
| + |
| + morsel = cookies.Morsel() |
| + morsel.set("key", "value", "coded-value") |
| + morsel._coded_value = c0 # Override private variable. |
| + cookie = cookies.SimpleCookie() |
| + cookie["cookie"] = morsel |
| + with self.assertRaises(cookies.CookieError): |
| + cookie.js_output() |
| + |
| |
| def load_tests(loader, tests, pattern): |
| tests.addTest(doctest.DocTestSuite(cookies)) |
| diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-06-17-03-38.gh-issue-145599.kchwZV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-06-17-03-38.gh-issue-145599.kchwZV.rst |
| new file mode 100644 |
| index 000000000000000..e53a932d12fcdc4 |
| --- /dev/null |
| +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-03-06-17-03-38.gh-issue-145599.kchwZV.rst |
| @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ |
| +Reject control characters in :class:`http.cookies.Morsel` |
| +:meth:`~http.cookies.Morsel.update` and |
| +:meth:`~http.cookies.BaseCookie.js_output`. |
| +This addresses :cve:`2026-3644`. |