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Advisory record · GHSA-4v8g-86x5-3vrc

Apache OpenNLP DictionaryEntryPersistor Vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) via Unsanitized Dictionary Parsing

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0050 · 42nd percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 4 May 2026, 18:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-toolsMaven>=2.0.0, <2.5.9 || >=3.0.0-M1, <3.0.0-M3 || <1.9.52.5.9, 3.0.0-M3, 1.9.5
Identifiers
GHSA-4v8g-86x5-3vrc · CVE-2026-40682
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Tags
Published
4 May 2026
Updated
2 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0050, the 42nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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