[openstack-dev] [Security] XML Attacks and DefusedXML on Global Requirements

Travis McPeak travis.mcpeak at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 17:24:02 UTC 2016


There are several attacks (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/defusedxml#id3)
that can be performed when XML is parsed from untrusted input.  DefusedXML
offers safe alternatives to XML parsing libraries but is not currently part
of global requirements.

I propose adding DefusedXML to global requirements so that projects have an
option for safe XML parsing.  Does anybody have any thoughts or objections?

Thanks,
-Travis
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