Advisory record · GHSA-7mj5-hjjj-8rgw

http4k has a potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.019 · 79th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 12 Dec 2024, 19:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.http4k:http4k-format-xmlMaven<6.50.0.06.50.0.0
Identifiers
GHSA-7mj5-hjjj-8rgw · CVE-2024-55875
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200 · CWE-611 · CWE-918
Published
12 Dec 2024
Updated
9 Jun 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.019, the 79th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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