I agree. It reminds me a lot of XXE attacks on XML. You wouldn't expect parsing an XML file to open arbitrary network connections, would you? The spec says an X

I agree. It reminds me a lot of XXE attacks on XML. You wouldn't expect parsing an XML file to open arbitrary network connections, would you? The spec says an XML parser should do that. A lot of parsers used to have that feature turned on by default, although I think by now most folks have wised up.