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CVE-2017-1000061

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service

Affected products

• Xmlsec Project Xmlsec: through 1.2.23

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2492
• https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3PWHBRWXR3RNPHDSTQI6UWDG5ETOQ7VR/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2492
• https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3PWHBRWXR3RNPHDSTQI6UWDG5ETOQ7VR/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

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