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CVE-2018-17186
An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file…
High7.2EPSS 2.5%
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- apache
Description
An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% 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: High 7.2.
Weakness
- Remote code execution
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Syncope
- affected Apache Syncope releases prior to 2.0.11 and 2.1.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.syncope:syncope-coreGHSA-qfjv-998w-q48f (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17186:_XXE_on_BPMN_definitions (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-qfjv-998w-q48f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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