untangle vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Description

untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references. By exploiting this vulnerability, a remote unauthenticated attacker may read the contents of local files.

Impact

An attacker may be able to read the contents of local files. This affects untangle versions up to and including 1.2.0

Patches

The problem has been fixed with version 1.2.1

Workarounds

None

References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30454777/

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