---
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'
---

## Overview

SOAPpy 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.

## Affected packages

- `soappy < 0.12.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `soappy 0.12.6`