Advisory record · GHSA-88cc-g835-76rp

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVSS 7.7 HighEPSS 0.041 · 90th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 10 Feb 2022, 00:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.postgresql:postgresqlMaven>=9.4.1212.jre6, <42.2.1342.2.13
Identifiers
GHSA-88cc-g835-76rp · BIT-postgresql-jdbc-driver-2020-13692 · CVE-2020-13692
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Published
10 Feb 2022
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

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

The org.postgresql:postgresql Maven package (PostgreSQL JDBC Driver, PgJDBC) from 9.4.1212.jre6 before 42.2.13 is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection. The source gives few details about the required access or the exact impact. Upgrade to version 42.2.13 or later.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.7 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.041, the 90th percentile, on 11 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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