Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68463
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
Published Dec 18, 2025 · catalog updated May 8, 2026 · Biopython Biopython
Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68463. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Biopython Biopython is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.32%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor Biopython Biopython 0 ≤186
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Biopython Biopython 0 ≤1860 ≤186
How to fix CVE-2025-68463
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68463. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Biopython Biopython is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Biopython Biopython 0 ≤186 0 ≤186. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
May 8, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68463
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68463
30-day exploitation probability 0.32%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-204037
Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 29, 2026
- EUVDOct 29, 2026