MEI2Volpiano is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE), leading to a Denial of Service (DoS)

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.014, the 73rd percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 8 Sept 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-6xm7-3cc5-47f9
• OSV: GHSA-6xm7-3cc5-47f9
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37189
• docs.python.org/3/library/xml.html#xml-vulnerabilities
• github.com/DDMAL/MEI2Volpiano
• github.com/DDMAL/MEI2Volpiano/blob/987b70fff991235e682405f901388af0f414eaa8/mei2volpiano/mei2volpiano.py#L59
• pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-37189/50928

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