Updated: 2025-08-20 03:01:22.726994
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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0.0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | CRITICAL | 9.8 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux 3.22 | python | 3.9 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Not Vulnerable | 2026-02-02 14:29:57 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... | |
| Alpine Linux 3.22 | python | 3.7 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Already Fixed | 2026-02-16 14:41:27 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... | |
| Alpine Linux 3.22 | python | 3.8 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Not Vulnerable | 2026-02-07 04:07:53 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... | |
| Alpine Linux 3.22 | python | 3.6 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Not Vulnerable | 2026-01-27 16:43:56 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... | |
| Debian 10 | python | 3.6 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Already Fixed | 2025-09-05 09:17:38 | ||
| Debian 10 | python | 2.7 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Released | CLSA-2025:1760024436 | 2025-10-10 00:49:36 | |
| Debian 11 | python | 2.7 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Released | CLSA-2025:1760093456 | 2025-10-10 11:26:49 | |
| Debian 11 | python | 3.6 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Already Fixed | 2025-09-05 09:17:37 | ||
| Debian 12 | python | 3.9 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Not Vulnerable | 2025-12-04 16:07:29 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... | |
| Debian 12 | python | 3.7 | 9.8 | CRITICAL | Already Fixed | 2025-11-10 21:42:45 | Not affected: this XXE flaw exists only when plistlib accepts XML entity declarations, which was fix... |