TI-2019-11320 Aliases CVE-2019-15160 GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746

The SweetXml (aka sweet_xml) package through 0.6.6 for Erlang and Elixir allows attackers…

LOW 36CWE-776Published 2019-08-19 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The SweetXml (aka sweet_xml) package through 0.6.6 for Erlang and Elixir allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an XML entity expansion attack with an inline DTD.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01671 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed sweet_xml (Hex): 0.7.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	sweet_xml (Hex)	before 0.7.0	0.7.0	Patch available	GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
sweet_xml (Hex) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.0 Fixed in 0.7.0 Patch available GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kbrw:sweet_xml::::::::	up to 0.6.6	Vulnerable	Kbrw

cpe:2.3:a:kbrw:sweet_xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.6.6 Vulnerable ·Kbrw

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746 sweet_xml (Hex) Fixed in 0.7.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15160
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml/issues/71

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml

Sources

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