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cve-2024-40896
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-23 00:00
Modified
2024-12-24 02:11
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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