CVE-2026-40991 is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in Spring REST Docs when using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document remote APIs accessed over HTTP. An attacker who compromises or tricks the user into documenting a malicious API can exploit this vulnerability during the execution of documentation-generating tests. The vulnerability affects Spring REST Docs versions 4.0.0, 3.0.0 through 3.0.5, and 2.0.0.RELEASE through 2.0.8.RELEASE. The CVSS score is 5.9 (medium severity). A patch is available for this vulnerability.
ColdFusion versions 2023.19, 2025.8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
CVE-2026-49383 is a low-severity vulnerability in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before version 2026.1. It involves an XML External Entity (XXE) issue in the UI Designer form parser, which could allow limited information disclosure. The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction to exploit and does not impact integrity or availability.
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.2.0.7 and 11.0.0.0, including 9.3.x and 8.3.x, does not prevent certain XML parsers from resolving external entities.
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management versions 7.0.3 Interim Fix 001 through 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 contain an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to exploit the XML processing functionality to disclose sensitive information or cause memory resource consumption. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-611 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1, indicating high severity. No official patch or remediation level has been confirmed yet.
CVE-2026-44618 is a medium severity vulnerability in Apache CXF's WS-Transfer module caused by insecure XML parser configuration that allows XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. This vulnerability affects Apache CXF versions 4.2.0 and 4.0.0. The issue is addressed in Apache CXF versions 4.2.1, 4.1.
CVE-2026-46722 is a medium severity vulnerability in the TYPO3 Extension "Faceted Search" affecting versions 5.0.0, 6.0.0, and 7.0.0. The issue arises because the OOXML parsing in the file indexer does not disable external entity resolution, allowing crafted xlsx or pptx files placed in indexed directories to trigger local file reads or outbound HTTP requests. The retrieved content can then be written into the search index. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet.
ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 15.104.3 and 16.12.0, an improper restriction of XML external entity (XXE) reference vulnerability in the EDI Module enables an authenticated attacker to read files from the local file system, including sensitive configuration files. This vulnerability is fixed in 15.104.3 and 16.12.0.
changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. In 0.54.9 and earlier, xpath_filter() switches to XML mode for XML/RSS content and creates etree.XMLParser(strip_cdata=False) without explicitly disabling external entity resolution, external DTD loading, or network-backed entity lookup. The helper then parses untrusted XML bytes directly with etree.fromstring(...).
SolidCAM-GPPL-IDE is an unofficial, independently developed extension, Postprocessor IDE for SolidCAM. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.0.2, Opening a .gpp file in the SolidCAM Postprocessor IDE extension causes the language server to parse a companion .vmid file from the same directory (naming convention: foo.gpp to foo.vmid). The VMID parser called XDocument.Load(path) without any XmlReaderSettings, inheriting the framework defaults which in .NET 8 allow DTD processing. A malicious .vmid file could therefore: disclose local files via external entity references, exhaust memory via recursive entity expansion, and cause denial of service via oversized or deeply nested XML. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.2.
Vvveb before version 1.0.8.2 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in the admin Tools/Import feature that allows authenticated site_admin users to read arbitrary files and modify database records. Attackers can exploit the XML parser configuration in system/import/xml.php to inject file:// or php://filter entity references that are resolved and persisted into the application database, enabling arbitrary file disclosure and administrator password hash overwriting for privilege escalation.
XML External Entity (XXE) via Unsanitized Dictionary Parsing in Apache OpenNLP DictionaryEntryPersistor
Versions Affected: before 2.5.9, before 3.0.0-M3
Description: The DictionaryEntryPersistor class initializes a static SAXParserFactory at class-load time without enabling FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING or disabling DTD processing. When create(InputStream, EntryInserter) is invoked, the only feature set on the XMLReader is namespace support — external entity resolution and DOCTYPE declarations remain fully enabled. An attacker who can supply a crafted dictionary file (e.g., a stop-word list or domain dictionary) containing a malicious DOCTYPE declaration can trigger local file disclosure via file:// entity references or server-side request forgery via http:// entity references during SAX parsing, before the application processes a single dictionary entry. This is inconsistent with the project's own XmlUtil.createSaxParser() helper, which correctly sets FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING and disallow-doctype-decl and is used by all other XML parsing paths in the codebase. The public Dictionary(InputStream) constructor delegates directly to this method and is the documented API for loading user-supplied dictionaries, making untrusted input a realistic scenario.
Mitigation: 2.x users should upgrade to 2.5.9. 3.x users should upgrade to 3.0.0-M3. Users who cannot upgrade immediately should ensure that all dictionary files are sourced from trusted origins and should consider wrapping the Dictionary(InputStream) constructor with input validation that rejects any XML containing a DOCTYPE declaration before it reaches the parser.
Improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in ILM Informatique jOpenDocument allows Data Serialization External Entities Blowup.
This issue affects jOpenDocument: 1.5.
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Serialized Data External Linking. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.1, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.*, from 4.3x before 5.1.*.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of Lobster_pro prior to version 4.12.6-GA. This allows them to obtain read access to files on the application server and adjacent network shares, and perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary services.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of the SOAP endpoints in 4D server. This allows them to obtain read access to files on the application server and adjacent network shares, and perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary services.
CVE-2026-6807 is a medium severity vulnerability in NSA's GRASSMARLIN version 3.2.1 and all other versions. It involves improper handling of XML input due to insufficient hardening of the XML parsing process, which can be triggered by crafted session data. This flaw may lead to unintended exposure of sensitive information. There is no known exploit in the wild and no official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet.
The component accepts XML input through the publisher without disabling external entity resolution. This allows malicious actors to submit a crafted XML payload that exploits the unescaped external entity references.
By leveraging this vulnerability, a malicious actor can read confidential files from the product's file system or access limited HTTP resources reachable via HTTP GET requests to the vulnerable product.
The XML parsers within multiple WSO2 products accept user-supplied XML data without properly configuring to prevent the resolution of external entities. This omission allows malicious actors to craft XML payloads that exploit the parser's behavior, leading to the inclusion of external resources.
By leveraging this vulnerability, an attacker can read confidential files from the file system and access limited HTTP resources reachable by the product. Additionally, the vulnerability can be exploited to perform denial of service attacks by exhausting server resources through recursive entity expansion or fetching large external resources.