TI-2020-16251 Aliases CVE-2020-26709 GHSA-j6v2-mwxm-f952

py-xml v1.0 was discovered to contain an XML External Entity Injection (XXE)…

MEDIUM 40CWE-611Published 2023-06-29 · Updated 2024-11-27

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: 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

py-xml v1.0 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 0.00795 56th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	py-xml (PyPI)	up to 1.0	—	No fix listed	GHSA-j6v2-mwxm-f952

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
py-xml (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-j6v2-mwxm-f952

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:py-xml_project:py-xml:1.0:::::python::	1.0	Vulnerable	Py-xml Project

cpe:2.3:a:py-xml_project:py-xml:1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Py-xml Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26709
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6v2-mwxm-f952

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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