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Advisory record · GHSA-f5qf-vh69-9q4r

SimpleXML has XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.047 · 91st percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 14 May 2022, 00:55 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.simpleframework:simple-xmlMaven<2.7.12.7.1
Identifiers
GHSA-f5qf-vh69-9q4r · CVE-2017-1000190
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Tags
Published
14 May 2022
Updated
15 Sept 2025

Machine-written summary

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

The org.simpleframework:simple-xml package is vulnerable in versions before 2.7.1. The source gives few details, but describes an XML external entity (XXE) flaw that could enable server-side request forgery, information disclosure, or denial of service, likely by processing crafted XML input. Upgrade to version 2.7.1, which is listed as the fixed version.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.047, the 91st percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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