CVE-2022-48565
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.1% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.07% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-611 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2023-08-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| python | python |
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue42051
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFHYAGWBFBNUGWU6XWKBHTCV5NH77MB7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BAYWJD576JUKLHCWKDLMJSUGTRDKPF3M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KZRZRJHWLZ7MOJNPQBWGJVXMVYDC5BRA/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0007/
- https://bugs.python.org/issue42051
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFHYAGWBFBNUGWU6XWKBHTCV5NH77MB7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BAYWJD576JUKLHCWKDLMJSUGTRDKPF3M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KZRZRJHWLZ7MOJNPQBWGJVXMVYDC5BRA/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0007/
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