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CVE-2018-1309
Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code…
Critical9.8EPSS 4.4%
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Description
Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure / Remote Code Execution
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache NiFi
- affected 0.1.0 - 1.5.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.nifi:nifi-standard-processorsGHSA-42wx-65g4-5cxv (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-1309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-42wx-65g4-5cxv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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