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CVE-2016-9318 json

libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the curr…

published 2016-11-16 9 y ago modified 2026-10-14 26 d ago also EUVD-2016-10128

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • libxml2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.10+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9318

  • libxml2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13
  • libxml2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
  • libxml2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9318

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 +1 more 2.9.4-46.20.1
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 2.9.4-46.20.1
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 +1 more 2.7.6-0.77.15.1
  • libxml2-python SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.7.6-0.77.15.1
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +3 more 2.7.6-0.69.1
  • libxml2-python SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +2 more 2.7.6-0.69.3
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 2.9.1-26.12.1
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 2.9.1-26.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1896-1SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1SUSE-SU-2017:1557-1SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1SUSE-SU-2017:0164-1

  • libxml2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +20 more 2.9.4-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-9318

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2016-9318 updated cvss 6.7

libxml2: XML External Entity vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxml2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxml2, libxml2-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxml2, libxml2-python
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Application parsing untrusted input with libxml2 should be careful to NOT use entity expansion (enabled by XML_PARSE_NOENT) or DTD validation (XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD, XML_PARSE_DTDVALID) on such input.”
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-httpd
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Application parsing untrusted input with libxml2 should be careful to NOT use entity expansion (enabled by XML_PARSE_NOENT) or DTD validation (XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD, XML_PARSE_DTDVALID) on such input.”
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
    fixed: vendor fix “Application parsing untrusted input with libxml2 should be careful to NOT use entity expansion (enabled by XML_PARSE_NOENT) or DTD validation (XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD, XML_PARSE_DTDVALID) on such input.” RHSA-2018:2486

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

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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