CVE-2021-23418

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.64% (76th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
6 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.3–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · report@snyk.ioexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.4
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USprimaryCWE-611USCWE-611US
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affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6XML External Entity Reference in Glances2021-08-09ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • PYSEC-2021-1152021-07-29vendor · osvUS

    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.

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also known as (8)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-07-29modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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