PYSEC-2026-1324

vendorUSosv

ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability

view advisory published 2026-07-07Licence: CC-BY-4.0

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the `ebookmeta.get_metadata` function via lxml dependency allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2024-37388US	critical9.1	0.54% (45th)	—	2024-06-07
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of lxml before v4.9.1 allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Servic…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xchADVISORY
https://github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmetaPACKAGE
https://github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmeta/issues/16#issue-2317712335WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37388ADVISORY
https://pypi.org/project/ebookmetaPACKAGE

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