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              "description": "CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (\u0027XML Entity Expansion\u0027)",
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          "name": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-3crg-w4f6-42mx",
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