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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-29128 json

Duplicate Advisory: XML Injection in petl

published 5y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-69q2-p9xp-739v , GHSA-f5gc-p5m3-v347 , PYSEC-2020-75 , EUVD-2020-0127

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

petl before 1.68, in some configurations, allows resolution of entities in an XML document.

Patch / fix

  • pypi petl 1.6.8
  • petl_project petl 1.6.8

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi petl
<1.6.8
1.6.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-91 XML Injection
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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