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CVE-2024-40896
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-12-23T17:15:08.400 · Last modified 2026-06-17T07:46:48.710

Summary

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

xmlsoft — libxml2

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References

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