Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in DiffPlug Spotless

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.015, the 74th percentile, on 12 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 5 Jul 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-7v35-qwwj-p98g
• OSV: GHSA-7v35-qwwj-p98g
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9843
• github.com/diffplug/spotless/issues/358
• github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/369
• github.com/diffplug/spotless
• github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md#version-3200---march-11th-2018-javadoc-jcenter
• github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md#version-1200---march-14th-2018-javadoc-jcenter

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