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CVE-2026-41066 (GCVE-0-2026-41066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 16:45 – Updated: 2026-04-24 18:04
VLAI
Title
lxml: Default configuration of iterparse() and ETCompatXMLParser() allows XXE to local files
Summary
lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to 6.1.0, using either of the two parsers in the default configuration (with resolve_entities=True) allows untrusted XML input to read local files. Setting the resolve_entities option explicitly to resolve_entities='internal' or resolve_entities=False disables the local file access. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-24 18:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
lxml lxml Affected: < 6.1.0
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