GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26

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    GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks

    Details: SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3243, https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/64125a24aad228761f38312d44bde4bec7354276, https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/a38656817c8ce7d02e117b1308328419a5d1560f, https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/blob/develop/CHANGES.txt#L32-L37, https://web.archive.org/web/20150501220613/http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260, https://web.archive.org/web/20200229062311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/20, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: soappy

    Purl: pkg:pypi/soappy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.12.6

    Affected versions

    0.12.1
    0.12.3
    0.12.4
    0.12.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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