Upstream information

CVE-2017-5992 at MITRE

Description

Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.2
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1025592 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2018:0108-1 openSUSE-SU-2018:0522-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python310-openpyxl >= 3.1.3-1.1
  • python311-openpyxl >= 3.1.3-1.1
  • python312-openpyxl >= 3.1.3-1.1
  • python36-openpyxl >= 3.0.7-1.2
  • python38-openpyxl >= 3.0.7-1.2
  • python39-openpyxl >= 3.0.7-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-15859
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-18639

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Feb 15 19:15:42 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 31 20:46:40 2025