🛡️ CVE-2020-26708 — requests-xml

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-611 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

requests-xml XML External Entity Injection vulnerability

requests-xml v0.2.3 was discovered to contain an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-26708 is classified as CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference (XXE). An XML parser resolves external entities, letting a crafted document read local files or reach internal services.

Affected software

CVE-2020-26708 is recorded against 1 package.

  • requests-xml

Timeline and source

Published on 29 June 2023 and last revised on 10 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-611
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-06-29
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
requests-xml — —

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