CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-10799

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Mar 20, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The svglib package through 0.9.3 for Python allows XXE attacks via an svg2rlg call.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Svglib Svglib_project * 0.9.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References