{"id":"PYSEC-2026-2057","summary":"xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through prepped files","details":"### Impact\n\nWhen generating PDF files, this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem by injecting malicious link element into the prepped RFCXML.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nTest untrusted input with `link` elements with `rel=\"attachment\"` before processing.\n\n### References\nThis is related to [GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7](https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/security/advisories/GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7).","aliases":["CVE-2025-11059","GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw"],"modified":"2026-07-07T17:48:17.468824131Z","published":"2026-07-07T16:03:04.649471Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/security/advisories/GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/commit/73fb1c91fc62ac540bb6bd24f982f2becf84c1b0"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/releases/tag/v3.30.2"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/xml2rfc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11059"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xml2rfc","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/xml2rfc"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.30.2"}]}],"versions":["2.10.0","2.10.1","2.10.2","2.10.3","2.11.0","2.11.1","2.12.0","2.12.1","2.12.2","2.12.3","2.13.0","2.13.1","2.14.0","2.14.1","2.15.0","2.15.1","2.15.2","2.15.3","2.15.4","2.15.5","2.16.0","2.16.1","2.16.2","2.16.3","2.17.0","2.17.1","2.17.2","2.18.0","2.19.0","2.19.1","2.2.5","2.2.7","2.20.0","2.20.1","2.21.0","2.21.1","2.22.0","2.22.1","2.22.2","2.22.3","2.23.0","2.23.1","2.24.0","2.25.0","2.26.0","2.27.0","2.27.1","2.28.0","2.29.0","2.29.1","2.3.0","2.3.1","2.3.10","2.3.11","2.3.11.1","2.3.11.2","2.3.11.3","2.3.2","2.3.3","2.3.4","2.3.5","2.3.6","2.3.7","2.3.8","2.3.9","2.30.0","2.31.0","2.32.0","2.33.0","2.34.0","2.35.0","2.36.0","2.37.0","2.37.1","2.37.2","2.37.3","2.38.0","2.38.1","2.39.0","2.4.0","2.4.1","2.4.10","2.4.10.dev0","2.4.11","2.4.12","2.4.2","2.4.3","2.4.4","2.4.5","2.4.6","2.4.7","2.4.8","2.4.9","2.40.0","2.40.1","2.41.0","2.42.0","2.43.0","2.44.0","2.45.0","2.45.1","2.45.2","2.45.3","2.46.0","2.47.0","2.5.0","2.5.1","2.5.2","2.5.3.dev0","2.6.0","2.6.1","2.6.2","2.7.0","2.8.0","2.8.1","2.8.2","2.8.3","2.8.4","2.8.5","2.9.0","2.9.1","2.9.2","2.9.3","2.9.4","2.9.5","2.9.6","2.9.7","2.9.8","2.9.9","3.0.0","3.1.0","3.1.1","3.10.0","3.11.0","3.11.1","3.12.0","3.12.1","3.12.10","3.12.2","3.12.3","3.12.4","3.12.5","3.12.6","3.12.7","3.12.8","3.12.9","3.13.0","3.13.1","3.14.0","3.14.1","3.14.2","3.15.0","3.15.1","3.15.2","3.15.3","3.16.0","3.17.0","3.17.1","3.17.2","3.17.3","3.17.4","3.17.5","3.18.0","3.18.1","3.18.2","3.19.0","3.19.1","3.19.2","3.19.3","3.19.4","3.2.0","3.2.1","3.20.0","3.20.1","3.21.0","3.22.0","3.23.0","3.23.1","3.23.2","3.24.0","3.25.0","3.26.0","3.27.0","3.28.0","3.28.1","3.29.0","3.3.0","3.30.0","3.30.1","3.4.0","3.5.0","3.6.0","3.7.0","3.8.0","3.9.0","3.9.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/xml2rfc/PYSEC-2026-2057.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}