# dd-plist XML External Entitly vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9` · `CVE-2016-15026`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.3 Medium
- **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:** 20 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 1 Mar 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Feb 2023, 12:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist` (Maven): affected `<1.18`; fixed in `1.18`

## 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

- 5.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`, from CNA (VulDB)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0055, the 46th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 20 Feb 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9)
- [OSV: GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-15026>
- <https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26>
- <https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c>
- <https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist>
- <https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18>
- <https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486>
- <https://vuldb.com/?id.221486>

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 (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), 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: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.