CVE-2021-29421
HIGHpikepdf 1.3.0-2.9.2 - XML External Entity Injection in XMP Metadata Parser
Title source: llmDescription
models/metadata.py in the pikepdf package 1.3.0 through 2.9.2 for Python allows XXE when parsing XMP metadata entries.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QFLBBYGEDNXJ7FS6PIWTVI4T4BUPGEQ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36P4HTLBJPO524WMQWW57N3QRF4RFSJG/
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pikepdf/pikepdf/blob/v2.10.0/docs/release_notes.rst#v2100
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pikepdf/pikepdf/commit/3f38f73218e5e782fe411ccbb3b44a793c0b343a
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0171
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
pikepdf_project/pikepdf
1.3.0 - 2.9.2
pypi/pikepdf
1.3.0 - 2.10.0PyPI
Published
Apr 01, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026