CVE-2024-40896 (GCVE-0-2024-40896)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-28 13:07
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Summary
In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content (by setting "checked"). This makes classic XXE attacks possible.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
libxml2 libxml2 Affected: 2.11.0 , < 2.11.9 (semver)
Affected: 2.12.0 , < 2.12.9 (semver)
Affected: 2.13.0 , < 2.13.3 (semver)
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