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High CVE-2025-11059 GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqwPYSEC-2026-2057

xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through prepped files

Published Sep 10, 2025 · Updated Jul 7, 2026 · Assigned by GHSA

Description

### Impact

When generating PDF files, this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the filesystem by injecting malicious link element into the prepped RFCXML.

### Workarounds

Test untrusted input with `link` elements with `rel="attachment"` before processing.

### References
This is related to [GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7](https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/security/advisories/GHSA-cfmv-h8fx-85m7).

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI xml2rfc < 3.30.2 3.30.2 GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw

References