# XML External Entity Reference in Glances

Advisory record · `GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6` · `CVE-2021-23418` · `PYSEC-2021-115` · `SNYK-PYTHON-GLANCES-1311807`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-611](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html)
- **Tags:** [XML external entities (XXE)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xxe.md)
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 20 Sept 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Aug 2021, 20:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `glances` (PyPI): affected `<3.2.1`; fixed in `3.2.1`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`, from CNA (snyk)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.017, the 76th percentile, on 12 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 9 Aug 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6)
- [OSV: GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23418>
- <https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/1025>
- <https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/4b87e979afdc06d98ed1b48da31e69eaa3a9fb94>
- <https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/85d5a6b4af31fcf785d5a61086cbbd166b40b07a>
- <https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/9d6051be4a42f692392049fdbfc85d5dfa458b32>
- <https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6>
- <https://github.com/nicolargo/glances>
- <https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glances/PYSEC-2021-115.yaml>
- <https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GLANCES-1311807>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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