PYSEC-2026-923

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:31
VLAI
Details

SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.

Impacted products
Name purl
soappy pkg:pypi/soappy

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "soappy",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/soappy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.12.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.12.1",
        "0.12.3",
        "0.12.4",
        "0.12.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-3243",
    "GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26"
  ],
  "details": "SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-923",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T11:31:08.179361Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:26.198378Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3243"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/64125a24aad228761f38312d44bde4bec7354276"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/a38656817c8ce7d02e117b1308328419a5d1560f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/blob/develop/CHANGES.txt#L32-L37"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150501220613/http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200229062311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/20"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/soappy"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks"
}



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