Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Apache POI (org.apache.poi:poi) versions before 3.10.1 are vulnerable. A remote attacker can supply a crafted OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration, which allows reading arbitrary files from the system processing the file. Upgrade to version 3.10.1 or later.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.13, the 96th percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-q56h-jjj6-52mf
- OSV: GHSA-q56h-jjj6-52mf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3529
- github.com/apache/poi/commit/103b45073c7b504236588b3acc146530205af53c
- github.com/apache/poi/commit/236c3c52a9b90688b2e57ec503559409e29f33ed
- github.com/apache/poi/commit/6050a68d5adfb4ffef1edb778add09bcee32d1c3
- github.com/apache/poi/commit/d72bd78c19dfb7b57395a66ae8d9269d59a87bd2
- github.com/apache/poi/commit/eabb6a924be24abb879372d0bc967e0d316b2cf8
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95770
- github.com/apache/poi
- lucene.apache.org/solr/solrnews.html#18-august-2014-recommendation-to-update-apache-poi-in-apache-solr-480-481-and-490-installations
- poi.apache.org/changes.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1370.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1398.html