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CVE-2022-48565

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Python: before 3.6.13; from 3.7.0 before 3.7.10; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.7; from 3.9.0 before 3.9.1 — fixed in 3.6.13, 3.7.10, 3.8.7, 3.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python 3.6.13, 3.7.10, 3.8.7, 3.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.python.org/issue42051
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00022.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFHYAGWBFBNUGWU6XWKBHTCV5NH77MB7/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BAYWJD576JUKLHCWKDLMJSUGTRDKPF3M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KZRZRJHWLZ7MOJNPQBWGJVXMVYDC5BRA/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0007/
• https://bugs.python.org/issue42051
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00022.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFHYAGWBFBNUGWU6XWKBHTCV5NH77MB7/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BAYWJD576JUKLHCWKDLMJSUGTRDKPF3M/

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