CVE-2023-3823
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-11 05:42
Modified
2024-08-02 07:08
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Summary
Security issue with external entity loading in XML without enabling it
References
security@php.nethttps://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-3qrf-m4j2-pcrrExploit, Third Party Advisory
security@php.nethttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00002.htmlMailing List
security@php.nethttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7NBF77WN6DTVTY2RE73IGPYD6M4PIAWA/Mailing List
security@php.nethttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230825-0001/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
PHP GroupPHP
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