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CVE-2024-40896

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40896

Severity

9.1

Critical

CVSS V3

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Description

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content (by setting "checked"). This makes classic XXE attacks possible.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40896

Affected packages


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