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Advisory record · GHSA-6fvx-r7hx-3vh6

JavaMelody has XXE via parseSoapMethodName in bull/javamelody/PayloadNameRequestWrapper.java.

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.28 · 98th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.
  • CVSS score 9.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.28 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Oct 2018, 18:28 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
net.bull.javamelody:javamelody-coreMaven<1.74.01.74.0
Identifiers
GHSA-6fvx-r7hx-3vh6 · CVE-2018-15531
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Tags
Published
17 Oct 2018
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

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

JavaMelody (javamelody-core) versions before 1.74.0 are vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) processing through the parseSoapMethodName function. The source gives few details about the required access or the exact impact. Upgrade javamelody-core to version 1.74.0 or later.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.28, the 98th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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