# veraPDF CLI has potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability Advisory record · `GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x` - **Identifiers:** `GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x` · `CVE-2024-52800` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 2.3 Low - **Critical:** No - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-611](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html) - **Tags:** [XML external entities (XXE)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xxe.md) - **Published:** 2 Dec 2024 - **Updated:** 14 May 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 2 Dec 2024, 17:15 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. ## Affected packages - `org.verapdf:core` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:core-jakarta` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:core-arlington` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:verapdf-library` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:verapdf-library-jakarta` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:verapdf-library-arlington` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:library` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:library-jakarta` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` - `org.verapdf:library-arlington` (Maven): affected `<1.26.2`; fixed in `1.26.2` ## Machine-written summary Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person. > veraPDF CLI and the org.verapdf Maven packages (core, library and related artifacts) before 1.26.2 are affected. Running policy checks with custom Schematron files can invoke an XSL transformation that may theoretically lead to remote code execution. The source gives few details on who can trigger it, and no fixed version is listed; the source says a patch is in progress. Standard validation is not affected, and users should only load custom policy files from trusted sources. Written 3 Nov 2026. ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check. ## Severity and exploitation - 2.3 Low, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.011, the 66th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline - 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC: First seen by agentprime - 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x) ## Sources - [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x) - [OSV: GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x) - - - - Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code. ## Check whether this affects you A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet. - With the agentprime MCP server (), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: - In a browser: reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it. - Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, - As JSON: , or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages () --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .