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CVE-2024-28109
Potential XSLT injection vulnerability when using policy files
High8.1EPSS 1.0%
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- Updated
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- GitHub_M
Description
veraPDF-library is a PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files invokes an XSL transformation that could lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.24.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.verapdf:coreGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:core-arlingtonGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:core-jakartaGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:libraryGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:library-arlingtonGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:library-jakartaGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-libraryGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-library-arlingtonGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-library-jakartaGHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/security/advisories/GHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues/1415 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/commit/614ffa477a2cf0819e4b0df1ab133610e0da25fb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/commit/9386ecbe1a1d1fb9e886d19df28851ed07890d9f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/commit/d5314cbdf4e058e0716f80dbdad2dbd8d96e6bfe (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-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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