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

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (58th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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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

CVE-2022-31471 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-611 Open this link in a new tab

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.