XML External Entities Vulnerability in CVRF-CSAF-Converter
Date: 2022-03
Affected: pip/cvrf2csaf
Attack vector: other
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2022-27193
CWE: CWE-552
CWE-611
CVSS: 6.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

CVRF-CSAF-Converter before 1.0.0-rc2 resolves XML External Entities (XXE). This leads to the inclusion of arbitrary (local) file content into the generated output document. An attacker can exploit this to disclose information from the system running the converter.


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