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  "id": "USN-4666-2",
  "summary": "lxml vulnerability",
  "details": "USN-4666-1 partially fixed a vulnerability in lxml, but an additional patch was needed. This update provides\nthe corresponding additional patch in order to properly fix the vulnerability.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML.\n An attacker could possibly use this issue to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.\n",
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  "upstream": [
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  "related": [],
  "published": "2020-12-11T00:39:06Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:48Z",
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