CVE-2013-1665: XML External Entity (XXE) in Django

May 17, 2022 (updated May 21, 2024)

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

bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3
github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1665

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