Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-37189
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the mei2volpiano package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
DDMAL MEI2Volpiano 0.8.2 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE), leading to a Denial of Service. This occurs due to the usage of the unsafe 'xml.etree' library to parse untrusted XML input.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | mei2volpiano | no fix listed | GHSA-6xm7-3cc5-47f9 |
| PyPI | mei2volpiano | no fix listed | PYSEC-2026-847 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/DDMAL/MEI2Volpiano/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/DDMAL/MEI2Volpiano/blob/987b70fff991235e682405f901388af0f414eaa8/mei2volpiano/mei2volpiano.py#L59 x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.html#xml-vulnerabilities x_refsource_MISC
- https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-37189/50928/ x_refsource_MISC