Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-776

    CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

    The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities.

    Published:30 Jun 2009
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

    CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

    CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)