Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21169-1 advisory.

    Changes in python-biopython:

    - CVE-2025-68463: Fixed a information disclosure caused by a XXE vulnerability (boo#1255465).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-4802a7dbd4 advisory.

    - Release 1.87

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2953954ff3 advisory.

    - Release 1.87

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-cd7f4e1676 advisory.

    - Initial fix for security bug CVE-2025-68463

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-186829baee advisory.

    - Initial fix for security bug CVE-2025-68463

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Bio.Entrez in Biopython through 186 allows doctype XXE. (CVE-2025-68463)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
324054	openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-biopython (openSUSE-SU-2026:21169-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
310674	Fedora 44 : python-biopython (2026-4802a7dbd4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
305677	Fedora 43 : python-biopython (2026-2953954ff3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
294802	Fedora 42 : python-biopython (2026-cd7f4e1676)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
291320	Fedora 43 : python-biopython (2026-186829baee)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
279104	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68463	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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