# CVE-2025-66371: Peppol-py before 1.1.1 allows XXE attacks because of the Saxon configuration.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1765, GHSA-24HM-WM2H-H8W7
- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.1
- Published: 2025-11-28 · Updated: 2026-01-27

## Affected

- Iteras Peppol-py: fixed in 1.1.1
- peppol-py (PyPI): fixed in 1.1.1

## Description

Peppol-py before 1.1.1 allows XXE attacks because of the Saxon configuration. When validating XML-based invoices, the XML parser could read files from the filesystem and expose their content to a remote host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Iteras Peppol-py, peppol-py, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/iterasdev/peppol-py/pull/16
- https://github.com/iterasdev/peppol-py/releases/tag/1.1.1
- https://invoice.secvuln.info
- https://github.com/iterasdev/peppol-py/commit/349a4bff8adb6205ea411bac8d7a06da0477abd7

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