GHSA-3jh7-wm29-q568: org.verapdf:validation-model (CVE-2026-54078)

veraPDF Validation XXE via Rich Text

CVSS 8.7 HighEPSS 0.0056 · 46th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Jul 2026, 15:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
org.verapdf:validation-model	Maven	>=1.25.73, <1.30.2 \|\| >=1.31.1, <1.31.71	1.30.2, 1.31.71
org.verapdf:validation-model-jakarta	Maven	>=1.25.73, <1.30.2 \|\| >=1.31.1, <1.31.71	1.30.2, 1.31.71

Identifiers

GHSA-3jh7-wm29-q568 · CVE-2026-54078

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-611

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

veraPDF validation-model and validation-model-jakarta (Maven) versions from 1.25.73 up to 1.30.2 and from 1.31.1 up to 1.31.71 are affected by an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in rich-text (/RC or /RV) handling. A remote attacker who gets the target to validate a crafted PDF can read arbitrary files on the server and perform server-side request forgery. Upgrade to version 1.30.2 or 1.31.71, which are the listed fixed versions.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.7	High	4.0	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 (GitHub_M)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0056, the 46th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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