Eclipse RDF4j vulnerable to XML External Entity

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2018-1000644 · GHSA-6xq8-pvg4-3mf3 · Published 20/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1000644 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting org.eclipse.rdf4j:rdf4j-runtime, rdf4j (eclipse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.4.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.eclipse.rdf4j:rdf4j-runtime Maven	`< 2.4.0`	`2.4.0`
rdf4j eclipse	`= 2.4.0< 2.4.0`	`2.4.0`

Description

Eclipse RDF4j version < 2.4.0 Milestone 2 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in RDF4j XML parser parsing RDF files that can result in the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted RDF file.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000644 · ADVISORY
eclipse/rdf4j · WEB
0dd.zone/2018/08/05/rdf4j-XXE · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-6xq8-pvg4-3mf3 · ADVISORY
eclipse/rdf4j · PACKAGE
0dd.zone/2018/08/05/rdf4j-XXE · Third Party Advisory

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