GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7 – xml2rfc

Package

Manager: pip
Name: xml2rfc
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <3.30.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: N/A pctlN/A

Details

xml2rfc has an arbitrary file read vulnerability ### Impact When generating PDF files, this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem by injecting malicious link element into the XML. ### Workarounds Test untrusted input with `link` elements with `rel="attachment"` before processing. ### Credits This vulnerability was reported by Mohamed Ouad from [Doyensec](https://doyensec.com/).

Metadata

Created: 2025-08-26T17:45:11Z
Modified: 2025-08-26T17:45:11Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7/GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-22"]
Alternative ID: N/A
Finding: F063
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