Bug 2394468 (CVE-2025-11059, GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw) - CVE-2025-11059 xml2rfc: xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through prepped files
Summary: CVE-2025-11059 xml2rfc: xml2rfc is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-11059, GHSA-9mv7-3c64-mmqw
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2399669 2399670
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Reported: 2025-09-10 22:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-26 11:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-10 22:03:01 UTC 
### 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).
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