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Vulnerability details: VCID-qu99-yudm-57fp
Vulnerability ID VCID-qu99-yudm-57fp
Aliases CVE-2013-1665
GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3
Summary The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
epss 0.02995 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-1665
epss 0.02995 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-1665
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1665
generic_textual MODERATE http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-1665.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-1665
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1665
https://github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
https://github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1665
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
700948 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700948
912982 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912982
GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3
RHSA-2013:0596 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0596
RHSA-2013:0657 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0657
RHSA-2013:0658 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0658
RHSA-2013:0670 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0670
USN-1730-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1730-1/
USN-1757-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1757-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86813
EPSS Score 0.02995
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:39:45.849453+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0