Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-40896

Title: Netapp H410S XML External Entity (XXE)

XML External Entity (XXE)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-40896.

CWE Category CWE-611

Published Date Dec 23, 2024

Modified Date Nov 25, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-40896: In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content (by setting "checked"). This makes classic XXE attacks possible.

Impacted Vendors

xmlsoft 1

netapp 8

sercomm 1

Reference Links

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1a8932303969907f6572b1b6aac4081c56adb5c6 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/761 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0004/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity CRITICAL

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-40896 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 25, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 23, 2024 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.