XMLUnit for Java has Insecure Defaults when Processing XSLT Stylesheets

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0032, the 25th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-chfm-68vv-pvw5
• OSV: GHSA-chfm-68vv-pvw5
• github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit/security/advisories/GHSA-chfm-68vv-pvw5
• github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit/issues/264
• github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit/commit/b81d48b71dfd2868bdfc30a3e17ff973f32bc15b
• docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/22/security/java-api-xml-processing-jaxp-security-guide.html#GUID-E345AA09-801E-4B95-B83D-7F0C452538AA
• github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.