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CVE-2025-68463

Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:94ca245948b22bb6db1178e7a4a852859c4886a5b90b9867c7636b42dabb1a16
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unknown","packageURL":"pkg:pypi/biopython","product":"Biopython","vendor":"Biopython","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"186","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-611","description":"CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/08/16"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"url":"https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/NEWS.rst"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://github.com/biopython/biopython/commit/736c96f37b190732ecca9da80ad0cb9d4967214d"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/biopython/1.87/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2cf7ad3b5f733c74127a58d4475e56f938a96e88e22f659cd1089636760d489e · sha256:1306b09085d9b374… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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