CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5992
8.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.
Affected configurations
• python openpyxl 2.4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory