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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Affecting untangle package, versions [,1.2.1)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • User Interaction

    Required

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-PYTHON-UNTANGLE-2960165

  • published

    26 Jul 2022

  • disclosed

    26 Jul 2022

  • credit

    Taichi Kotake

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Introduced: 26 Jul 2022

New CVE-2022-31471 Open this link in a new tab
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How to fix?

Upgrade untangle to version 1.2.1 or higher.

Overview

untangle is a library that converts XML to Python objects

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference due to improper neutralization of XML inputs. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to read the contents of local files.