CVE-2019-15637 — Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extens

Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. This affects Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Reader, and Tableau Public Desktop.

01What is this vulnerability?

Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. This affects Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Reader, and Tableau Public Desktop.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2019-08-26T16:21:07.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:56:22.155Z

09References

• community.tableau.com — https://community.tableau.com/community/security-bulletins/blog/2019/08/22/impor…
• github.com — https://github.com/minecrater/exploits/blob/master/TableauXXE.py
• packetstormsecurity.com — https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154232/Tableau-XML-Injection.html