CVE-2017-1000061

HIGH 7.1CVE-2017-1000061 · Published 17/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000061 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability affecting xmlsec (xmlsec project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xmlsec xmlsec_project	`≤ 1.2.23`	No fix yet

Description

xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2492
lsh123/xmlsec · Issue Tracking
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3PWHBRWXR3RNPHDSTQI6UWDG5ETOQ7VR
oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

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