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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-11788

CVE-2018-11788

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xmlMaven
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.24.2.2
org.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xmlMaven
< 4.1.74.1.7

Affected products

5
  • Apache/Karaf3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.1.7
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:4.2.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:4.2.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • ghsa-coords
    pkg:maven/org.apache.karaf.specs/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml
    Range: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.2
  • Apache Software Foundation/Apache Karafv5
    Range: Any Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 and 4.2.2

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