PYSEC-2026-802

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    PYSEC-2026-802

    Published: 6 Jul 2026Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: XML External Entity (XXE) in Django

    Details: The XML libraries for Python as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1665, https://github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40, https://github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112, https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279, http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html, http://bugs.python.org/issue17239, http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4, https://pypi.org/project/django, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.3.0
    Fixed -1.3.6

    Affected versions

    1.3
    1.3.1
    1.3.2
    1.3.3
    1.3.4
    1.3.5

    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
    PYSEC-2026-802 | CVE-DB