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CVE-2025-68463Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 75% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIbiopythonGHSA-x3vf-39hj-gxr4 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/5109 (opens in a new tab)
- https://pypi.org/project/biopython/1.87/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/biopython/biopython/blob/master/NEWS.rst (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/biopython/biopython/commit/736c96f37b190732ecca9da80ad0cb9d4967214d (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/08/16 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-204037 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x3vf-39hj-gxr4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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