8.2

CVE-2023-27476: geopython owslib

CVSS: 8.2v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2023-0112GHSA-8h9c-r582-mggcPYSEC-2023-86
Published 07-03-2023Last modified 25-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-27476 is a high (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in geopython owslib. EPSS estimates a 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.98%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
USN-8247-1

Timeline

  1. 07-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web service interface standards, and their related content models. OWSLib's XML parser (which supports both `lxml` and `xml.etree`) does not disable entity resolution, and could lead to arbitrary file reads from an attacker-controlled XML payload. This affects all XML parsing in the codebase. This issue has been addressed in version 0.28.1. All users are advised to upgrade. The only known workaround is to patch the library manually. See `GHSA-8h9c-r582-mggc` for details.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.98% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.98%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • owslib< 0.27.2-3 | < 0.23.0-1+deb11u1 | < 0.17.1-1+deb10u1
Geopython1 product
Mageia1 product
  • python-owslib< 0.28.1-1.mga8
Osgeo1 product
PyPI1 product
  • owslib< b92687702be9576c0681bb11cad21eb631b9122f | < 0.28.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • owslib< 0.16.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.19.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.25.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

6 vendors · 6 products

References

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