Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Checkstyle versions before 8.18 load external DTDs by default. An attacker who can supply XML that Checkstyle parses could cause a denial of service or leak confidential information. Upgrade to Checkstyle 8.18 or later.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Medium | 3.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.036, the 89th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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-gp32-7h29-rpxm
- OSV: GHSA-gp32-7h29-rpxm
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9658
- github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474
- github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478
- github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/6476
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00029.html
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E