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Advisory record · GHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw

veraPDF has potential XSLT injection vulnerability when using policy files

CVSS 8.1 HighEPSS 0.010 · 64th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 May 2024, 14:57 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.verapdf:coreMaven<1.24.21.24.2
org.verapdf:core-jakartaMaven<1.24.21.24.2
org.verapdf:core-arlingtonMaven<1.25.1271.25.127
org.verapdf:verapdf-library-arlingtonMaven<1.25.1271.25.127
org.verapdf:verapdf-libraryMaven<1.24.21.24.2
org.verapdf:verapdf-library-jakartaMaven<1.24.21.24.2
org.verapdf:library-arlingtonMaven<1.25.1271.25.127
org.verapdf:libraryMaven<1.24.21.24.2
org.verapdf:library-jakartaMaven<1.24.21.24.2
Identifiers
GHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw · CVE-2024-28109
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-91
Tags
Published
20 May 2024
Updated
14 May 2026

Machine-written summary

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

veraPDF's core, library and related Maven packages (org.verapdf) before 1.24.2, and the arlington variants before 1.25.127, are affected by a potential XSLT injection issue when executing policy checks with custom Schematron files, which may theoretically lead to remote code execution. The source does not describe the exact attacker preconditions. Upgrade to 1.24.2 or 1.25.127 for the affected packages. Standard validation and policy checks are not affected; if you use custom policy files, load only ones from trusted sources.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.010, the 64th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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