ietf-tools/xml2rfc · Security
xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through prepped files
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-11059
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 8.7 · 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
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')