CVE-2026-82880 json
YaCy Search Server through 1.941 XML External Entity Injection via Parsers
published 2mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-68466
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
YaCy Search Server through 1.941 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability in SVG, FreeMind, and OpenSearch parsers that fail to disable external entity resolution. Attackers can publish malicious documents with DOCTYPE declarations containing SYSTEM entities pointing to local files, causing the crawler to exfiltrate file contents into the searchable index.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server/issues/818 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- yacy yacy_search_server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server/commit/3c3a307e8b7a0ebbc4d1e6b10898b52e15c0cd44
patch
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server/issues/818
issue-tracking, exploit
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server/blob/Release_1.941/source/net/yacy/document/parser/images/svgParser.java#L72
technical-description
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server/blob/Release_1.941/source/net/yacy/document/parser/mmParser.java#L66
technical-description
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server/blob/Release_1.941/source/net/yacy/document/parser/xml/opensearchdescriptionReader.ja
technical-description
-
github.com
/yacy/yacy_search_server
product
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/yacy-search-server-through-1.941-xml-external-entity-injection-via-parsers
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-82880
- NVD CVE-2026-82880
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