CVE-2017-5992
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Published: February 15, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenpyxl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611
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