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CVE-2013-1665
The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.5%
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Description
The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20130219 REJECT CVE-2013-0278, CVE-2013-0279 and CVE-2013-0280 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [openstack-announce] 20130219 [OSSA 2013-004] Information leak and Denial of Service using XML entities (CVE-2013-1664, CVE-2013-1665) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130219 [OSSA 2013-004] Information leak and Denial of Service using XML entities (CVE-2013-1664, CVE-2013-1665) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1757-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0657 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2634 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.python.org/issue17239 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2013-1665)Record last updated .