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lxml vulnerable to quadratic blowup #44

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@nleve

Parsing XML from sources you don't control opens the door for multiple XML parser vulnerabilities. lxml prevents some, but not all, with quadratic blowup being one of them. Switching to defusedxml would fix this.

Expected Behavior

nexpose-client-python should avoid entity expansion when parsing incoming XML.

Current Behavior

nexpose-client-python may open up the user to XML parser vulnerabilities if pointed at a fake nexpose instance.

Possible Solution

Use defusedxml, which is a drop-in replacement for lxml.

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