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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.1 Critical

CVE-2024-40896

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 entit

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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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

libxml2 libxml2

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2.11.0 to < 2.11.9affected
  • 2.12.0 to < 2.12.9affected
  • 2.13.0 to < 2.13.3affected

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