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CVE-2016-5851
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-21T22:59:00.170 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:08.803

Summary

python-docx before 0.8.6 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.

Affected products

python-openxml_project — python-docx

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References

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