{"id":"CVE-2014-3243","aliases":["GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26","PYSEC-2026-923"],"title":"SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks","summary":"SOAPpy vulnerable to XXE attacks","severity":"medium","vendor":"soappy","product":"soappy","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["soappy < 0.12.6"],"patched":["soappy 0.12.6"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2gh8-gr6x-7q26","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3243"},{"url":"https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/64125a24aad228761f38312d44bde4bec7354276"},{"url":"https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/commit/a38656817c8ce7d02e117b1308328419a5d1560f"},{"url":"https://github.com/kiorky/SOAPpy/blob/develop/CHANGES.txt#L32-L37"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20150501220613/http://www.pnigos.com/?p=260"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200229062311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67216"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/20"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/1"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/9"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.0268,"epssPercentile":0.85095,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:44.239Z","slug":"CVE-2014-3243","body":"## Overview\n\nSOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `soappy < 0.12.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `soappy 0.12.6`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}