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CVE-2017-5992

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

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

Affected products

• Python Openpyxl: 2.4.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5
• https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1
• https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5
• https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1
• https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442

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