3breadt dd-plist xml external entity reference

published 2023-02-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9 , EUVD-2023-0623

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 3

maven com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist 1.18
dd-plist_project dd-plist 1.18

github.com/3breadt/dd-plist@8c954e8 commit
github.com/3breadt/dd-plist#26 pull request
github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18 release

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-2016-15026 updated 2026-11-06 cvss 5.3

dd-plist: XXE attack

Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 dd-plist Red Hat Fuse 7 dd-plist Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 dd-plist Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 dd-plist Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack dd-plist Red Hat Software Collections rh-maven36-byte-buddy, rh-maven36-byte-buddy-agent, rh-maven36-byte-buddy-parent, rh-maven36-byte-buddy-javadoc, rh-maven36-byte-buddy-maven-plugin
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

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	4.3	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist	<1.18	1.18

Affected products

3breadt dd-plist

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

github.com /3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
issue-tracking, web, patch
github.com /3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
patch, web
github.com /3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
patch, web, release-notes
vuldb.com /?id.221486
vdb-entry, technical-description, web, permissions-required, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.221486
signature, permissions-required, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-15026
advisory
github.com /3breadt/dd-plist
package

Sources

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Summary