CVE-2024-37388

criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.54% (45th) EPSS
CVSS 9.1 · critical
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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 Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.

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cvss

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

9.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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affected products (3)

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advisories (2)

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  • GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xchebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability2024-06-07ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • PYSEC-2026-1324ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    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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also known as (6)

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sources

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published 2024-06-07modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

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