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CVE-2023-34411

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

The xml-rs crate before 0.8.14 for Rust and Crab allows a denial of service (panic) via an invalid <! token (such as <!DOCTYPEs/%<!A nesting) in an XML document. The earliest affected version is 0.8.9.

Affected products

• Xml Library Project Xml Library: before 0.8.14 — fixed in 0.8.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Xml Library Project Xml Library 0.8.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/00xc/xml-rs/commit/0f084d45aa53e4a27476961785f59f2bd7d59a9f
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/commit/c09549a187e62d39d40467f129e64abf32efc35c
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/compare/0.8.13...0.8.14
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/pull/226
• https://github.com/00xc/xml-rs/commit/0f084d45aa53e4a27476961785f59f2bd7d59a9f
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/commit/c09549a187e62d39d40467f129e64abf32efc35c
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/compare/0.8.13...0.8.14
• https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/pull/226

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