Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy…

Description

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 or 4.2.2. It has been fixed in Apache Karaf 4.1.7 and 4.2.2 releases.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• XXE vulnerability
• CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation · Apache Karaf

  • affected Any Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 and 4.2.2

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xmlGHSA-92wj-x78c-m4fx (opens in a new tab)

References (2)

• http://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11788.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 106479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-92wj-x78c-m4fx (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 08:17 UTC.