GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-chqf-hx79-gxc6 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Openpyxl

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-10-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-5992
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
openpyxl
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2022-07-01

Affected packages

• PyPI openpyxl: < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2

Description

Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-5992 Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References