CVE-2016-9180

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

perl-XML-Twig: The option to `expand_external_ents`, documented as controlling external entity expansion in XML::Twig does not work. External entities are always expanded, regardless of the option's setting.

Affected products

Xmltwig Xml-Twig For Perl: all versions

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00033.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94219
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00033.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94219

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