🛡️ CVE-2025-11059 — xml2rfc

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV

8.0

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through prepped files

Impact

When generating PDF files, this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem by injecting malicious link element into the prepped RFCXML.

Workarounds

Test untrusted input with link elements with rel="attachment" before processing.

References

This is related to [GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7](https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/security/advisories/GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7).

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. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-11059 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2025-11059 is recorded against 1 package.

xml2rfc (fixed in 3.30.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 September 2025 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE CWE-22

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2025-09-10

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-07-07

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
xml2rfc	—	3.30.2

References

WEB https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/security/advisories/GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw

WEB https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/commit/73fb1c91fc62ac540bb6bd24f982f2becf84c1b0

PACKAGE https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc

WEB https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/releases/tag/v3.30.2

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