diff --git a/libs/importer/spec/base-importer.spec.ts b/libs/importer/spec/base-importer.spec.ts
index d21764a0c16..f72ceccb538 100644
--- a/libs/importer/spec/base-importer.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/importer/spec/base-importer.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class FakeBaseImporter extends BaseImporter {
   setCardExpiration(cipher: CipherView, expiration: string): boolean {
     return super.setCardExpiration(cipher, expiration);
   }
+
+  parseXml(data: string): Document {
+    return super.parseXml(data);
+  }
 }
 
 describe("BaseImporter class", () => {
@@ -103,5 +107,18 @@ describe("BaseImporter class", () => {
         expect(result).toBe(false);
       },
     );
+
+    it("parse XML should reject xml with external entities", async () => {
+      const xml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+        <!DOCTYPE replace [
+        <!ELEMENT replace ANY>
+        <!ENTITY xxe "External entity">
+        ]>
+        <passwordsafe delimiter=";">
+        <entry><title>PoC XXE</title><username>&xxe;</username></entry>
+        </passwordsafe>`;
+      const result = importer.parseXml(xml);
+      expect(result).toBe(null);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/libs/importer/src/importers/base-importer.ts b/libs/importer/src/importers/base-importer.ts
index 30a41134298..116a278e354 100644
--- a/libs/importer/src/importers/base-importer.ts
+++ b/libs/importer/src/importers/base-importer.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ export abstract class BaseImporter {
   }
 
   protected parseXml(data: string): Document {
+    // Ensure there are no external entity elements in the XML to prevent against XXE attacks.
+    if (!this.validateNoExternalEntities(data)) {
+      return null;
+    }
     const parser = new DOMParser();
     const doc = parser.parseFromString(data, "application/xml");
     return doc != null && doc.querySelector("parsererror") == null ? doc : null;
@@ -402,4 +406,10 @@ export abstract class BaseImporter {
       cipher.identity.lastName = nameParts.slice(2, nameParts.length).join(" ");
     }
   }
+
+  private validateNoExternalEntities(data: string): boolean {
+    const regex = new RegExp("<!ENTITY", "i");
+    const hasExternalEntities = regex.test(data);
+    return !hasExternalEntities;
+  }
 }