Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The Maven package de.gematik.refv.commons:commons, versions before 2.5.1, is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) processing in its profile location routine. An attacker who can supply a malicious XML resource to an application that processes untrusted input can make referencevalidator issue network requests, enabling Server Side Request Forgery. Upgrade to version 2.5.1 or later. As a workaround, check input XML for DTD definitions or external entities before processing.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0064, the 50th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q
- OSV: GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q
- github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator/security/advisories/GHSA-68j8-fp38-p48q
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46984
- github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator/commit/d6d27613fab7a8dd08534946f29e0c51f319cad6
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#transformerfactory
- github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator
- github.com/gematik/app-referencevalidator/releases/tag/2.5.1
- owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery
- owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A4_2017-XML_External_Entities_(XXE)
- owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A4_2017-XML_External_Entities_(XXE)#