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CVE-2018-11788 — Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a

Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy folder. The features XML is parsed by XMLInputFactory class. Apache Karaf XMLInputFactory class doesn't contain any mitigation c

CVSS
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EPSS
24.75% (top 3.90%)
CWE
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Published
2019-01-07T16:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T08:17:09.240Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy folder. The features XML is parsed by XMLInputFactory class. Apache Karaf XMLInputFactory class doesn't contain any mitigation codes against XXE. This is a potential security risk as an user can inject external XML entities in Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache KarafAny Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 and 4.2.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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