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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26708

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:09 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26708

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jun 2023, 21:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2020-26708
Complete source record
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