CVE-2025-68463

State: Published
Severity: 4.9 Medium
Published: Dec 18, 2025
Updated: May 8, 2026
Reserved: Dec 18, 2025

Description

Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
BiopythonBiopython	186 and earlierAffected

References

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109
https://pypi.org/project/biopython/1.87/
https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/NEWS.rst
https://github.com/biopython/biopython/commit/736c96f37b190732ecca9da80ad0cb9d4967214d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/08/16

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