Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- XMLSOFT
- Published
- 12/23/2024
- Last Modified
- 11/25/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
xmlsoft : libxml2xmlsoft : libxml2xmlsoft : libxml2netapp : hci_compute_nodenetapp : solidfire_\&_hci_management_nodenetapp : solidfire_\&_hci_storage_nodenetapp : h300s_firmwarenetapp : h410s_firmwarenetapp : h500s_firmwarenetapp : h700s_firmwarenetapp : h410c_firmware
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