XML External Entity Injection
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Description
NetConfClient and NetConfSessions are subject to XML External Entity Injection. Please disable XML entity resolving, here is an example that works:
ServerCapabilities = new XmlDocument();
ServerCapabilities.XmlResolver = null;
Thank you,
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate NetConfClient and NetConfSessions, then inspect where their XML documents are created or parsed. Use the reported ServerCapabilities example as the reference, and verify that XML entity resolving is disabled in both affected areas before considering the issue done.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100