UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68463
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463
Upstream
Published
2025-12-18T06:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T18:43:31.439344Z
Severity
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.66+dfsg-1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.65+dfsg-1
1.65+dfsg-3build1
1.66+dfsg-1
1.66+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.66+dfsg-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.66+dfsg-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.66+dfsg-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.66+dfsg-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.70+dfsg-4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.70+dfsg-2build1
1.70+dfsg-3
1.70+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.70+dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.70+dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.70+dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.70+dfsg-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.76+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.73+dfsg-1ubuntu1
1.73+dfsg-1ubuntu4
1.75+dfsg-4
1.76+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.76+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.76+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.79+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.78+dfsg-5ubuntu1
1.79+dfsg-1
1.79+dfsg-2
1.79+dfsg-2build1
1.79+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.79+dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.79+dfsg-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.83+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.81+dfsg-1
1.81+dfsg-2
1.81+dfsg-3
1.83+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.83+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.83+dfsg1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
python-biopython

Package

Name
python-biopython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-biopython@1.85+dfsg-4?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.85+dfsg-2build1
1.85+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython",
            "binary_version": "1.85+dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biopython-sql",
            "binary_version": "1.85+dfsg-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68463.json"