CVE-2026-82880: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in yacy yacy_search_server
YaCy Search Server through 1.941 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability in SVG, FreeMind, and OpenSearch parsers that fail to disable external entity resolution. Attackers can publish malicious documents with DOCTYPE declarations containing SYSTEM entities pointing to local files, causing the crawler to exfiltrate file contents into the searchable index.
CVE-2026-82880: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in yacy yacy_search_server
Description
YaCy Search Server through 1.941 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability in SVG, FreeMind, and OpenSearch parsers that fail to disable external entity resolution. Attackers can publish malicious documents with DOCTYPE declarations containing SYSTEM entities pointing to local files, causing the crawler to exfiltrate file contents into the searchable index.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-31T08:38:43.268Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a95607cacd9273b49fd6f2c
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 11:07:40 UTC
Last updated: 08/31/2026, 11:07:40 UTC
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