Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
GHSA-9vx8-f5c4-862x concerns the apoc.import.graphml procedure in the APOC core plugin for Neo4j, in Maven package org.neo4j.procedure:apoc versions below 4.4.0.14 and from 5.0.0 to below 5.5.0. An attacker who can run this procedure can exploit an XML external entity flaw to read local files and send requests, and can crash the server with malformed XML. Upgrade to 4.4.0.14 or 5.5.0, or restrict which procedures can run by using the procedure allowlist setting.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS No score.
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-9vx8-f5c4-862x
- OSV: GHSA-9vx8-f5c4-862x
- github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures/security/advisories/GHSA-9vx8-f5c4-862x
- github.com/neo4j/apoc/security/advisories/GHSA-6wxg-wh7f-rqpr
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23926
- github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures/commit/c3e2a29020497acf9417879f38e8af4e8c6d5783
- github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures
- github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-apoc-procedures/releases/tag/4.4.0.14