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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-1309 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache NiFi

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-42wx-65g4-5cxv , EUVD-2022-2273

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.nifi:nifi-standard-processors 1.6.0
  • apache nifi 1.6.0

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Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.nifi:nifi-standard-processors
>=0.1.0, <1.6.0
1.6.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache NiFi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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