USN-8247-1: OWSLib vulnerability

Publication date

7 May 2026

Overview

OWSLib could be made to expose sensitive information.


Packages

  • owslib - Client library for Open Geospatial (OGC) web services

Details

It was discovered that OWSLib did not properly disable entity resolution
within its XML parser. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read
arbitrary files via a crafted XML payload.

It was discovered that OWSLib did not properly disable entity resolution
within its XML parser. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read
arbitrary files via a crafted XML payload.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 LTS jammy python3-owslib –  0.25.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal python3-owslib –  0.19.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic python-owslib –  0.16.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
python3-owslib –  0.16.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial python-owslib –  0.10.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
python3-owslib –  0.10.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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