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glances — security advisory
The package glances before 3.2.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the use of Fault to parse untrusted XML data, which is known to be vulnerable to XML attacks.
- Products
- glances
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-23418
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The package glances before 3.2.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the use of Fault to parse untrusted XML data, which is known to be vulnerable to XML attacks.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23418
glances
Fixed versions: 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1
glances
Fixed versions: 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1
glances
Fixed versions: 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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