CVE-2014-3243 json
SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks
published 2014-05-12 12 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26 , PYSEC-2026-923 , EUVD-2022-1984
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.7%
- EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3243 updated cvss 5.0
SOAPpy: XML entity expansion (billion laughs) flaw
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SOAPpy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SOAPpyaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- pnigos.com http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | soappy | <0.12.6 |
0.12.6 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
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github.com
/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/64125a24aad228761f38312d44bde4bec7354276
web
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github.com
/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/a38656817c8ce7d02e117b1308328419a5d1560f
web
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pnigos.com
/?p=260
exploit
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seclists.org
/fulldisclosure/2014/May/20
mailing-list, web
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1
mailing-list, web
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securityfocus.com
/bid/67216
vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/9
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3243
advisory
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github.com
/kiorky/SOAPpy/blob/develop/CHANGES.txt#L32-L37
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20150501220613/http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20200229062311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216
web
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pypi.org
/project/soappy
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-3243
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26
- NVD CVE-2014-3243
- OSV PYSEC-2026-923
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