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critical 9.1

CVE-2015-1832 in the critical feed json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apace Derby

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-wr69-g62g-2r9h , EUVD-2022-5628

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.2%
EPSS 12.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SqlXmlUtil code in Apache Derby before 10.12.1.1, when a Java Security Manager is not in place, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving XmlVTI and the XML datatype.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.derby:derby 10.12.1.1
  • derby Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 10.13.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1832

  • derby openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.11.1.1-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10092-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1832 updated cvss 6.5

Derby: XXE attack possible by using XmlVTI and the XML datatype

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 derby Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 derby Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 derby
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

12.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.derby:derby
<10.12.1.1
10.12.1.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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