XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mysql-test  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-MYSQLTEST-9802343
  • published24 Apr 2025
  • disclosed23 Dec 2024

Introduced: 23 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-40896  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mysql-test package and not the mysql-test package as distributed by RHEL.

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.