# CVE-2023-27586: CairoSVG improperly processes SVG files loaded from external resources

- Also known as: GHSA-RWMF-W63J-P7GV, PYSEC-2023-9
- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.0
- Published: 2023-03-20 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- Kozea CairoSVG: fixed in 2.7.0
- cairosvg (PyPI): fixed in 2.7.0

## Description

CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to version 2.7.0, Cairo can send requests to external hosts when processing SVG files. A malicious actor could send a specially crafted SVG file that allows them to perform a server-side request forgery or denial of service. Version 2.7.0 disables CairoSVG's ability to access other files online by default.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kozea CairoSVG, cairosvg, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-rwmf-w63j-p7gv
- https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/12d31c653c0254fa9d9853f66b04ea46e7397255
- https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/33007d4af9195e2bfb2ff9af064c4c2d8e4b2b53
- https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/releases/tag/2.7.0

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