CVE-2018-11788

CRITICAL

Apache Karaf < 4.1.7 - XXE

Title source: rule

Description

Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy folder. The features XML is parsed by XMLInputFactory class. Apache Karaf XMLInputFactory class doesn't contain any mitigation codes against XXE. This is a potential security risk as an user can inject external XML entities in Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 or 4.2.2. It has been fixed in Apache Karaf 4.1.7 and 4.2.2 releases.

Exploits (1)

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by brianwrf · poc
https://github.com/brianwrf/CVE-2018-11788

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2475
EPSS Percentile 96.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (3)
apache/karaf 4.2.0 milestone1 (2 CPE variants)
apache/karaf < 4.1.7
org.apache.karaf.specs/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml 4.2.0 - 4.2.2Maven
Published Jan 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026