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CVE-2017-18197

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS2.9% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-611
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2018-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
jgraphmxgraph

References

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