fix: handle UnicodeDecodeError on usernames with special characters#2853
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Fixes sherlock-project#2730. Usernames containing non-ASCII characters (e.g. 'Émile') can trigger a UnicodeDecodeError inside the requests library during redirect handling. This exception is not a subclass of requests.exceptions.RequestException, so it escaped all existing except blocks in get_response() and crashed the program. Added a catch for UnicodeError (parent of both UnicodeDecodeError and UnicodeEncodeError) so these sites are gracefully skipped instead of crashing the entire scan. Added regression tests in tests/test_unicode.py.
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Pornhub was added to the remote false_positive_exclusions.txt, causing test_remove_nsfw and test_nsfw_explicit_selection to fail since the site gets filtered out before the test runs. Replaced with Xvideos and Erome which are NSFW-flagged but not excluded.
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Good fix on both counts, thank you |
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Fixes #2730
Problem
Usernames containing non-ASCII characters (e.g.
Émile) crash Sherlock with aUnicodeDecodeError. The exception is raised inside therequestslibrary during redirect handling when a server returns a non-UTF-8 encoded Location header.UnicodeDecodeErroris not a subclass ofrequests.exceptions.RequestException, so it escapes all existing except blocks inget_response()and propagates up as an unhandled crash.Fix
Added a catch for
UnicodeError(parent of bothUnicodeDecodeErrorandUnicodeEncodeError) inget_response(). Sites that trigger encoding errors are now gracefully reported asEncoding Errorinstead of crashing the entire scan.Changes
sherlock_project/sherlock.py: Addedexcept UnicodeErrorhandler inget_response()tests/test_unicode.py: Added regression tests for bothUnicodeDecodeErrorandUnicodeEncodeErrorTesting