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TI-2020-16250 Aliases CVE-2020-26708GHSA-ccrc-9x59-3vc4

requests-xml v0.2.3 was discovered to contain an XML External Entity Injection (XXE)…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

requests-xml v0.2.3 was discovered to contain an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00731 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—requests-xml (PyPI)up to 0.2.3—No fix listedGHSA-ccrc-9x59-3vc4
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • requests-xml (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.2.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-ccrc-9x59-3vc4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:requests-xml_project:requests-xml:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*0.2.3VulnerableRequests-xml Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:requests-xml_project:requests-xml:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions 0.2.3 Vulnerable ·Requests-xml Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26708
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ccrc-9x59-3vc4

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

Sources

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