CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-54079
8.7 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-07-29
- Last modified
- 2026-10-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
veraPDF validation provides PDF/A and PDF/UA validation, feature reporting, and metadata repair. From 1.17.35 until 1.30.2 and 1.31.71, veraPDF-validation contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/pd/GFPDAcroForm.java in the getdynamicRender() method, where a crafted PDF containing a malicious XFA stream can cause external entity expansion during PDF/UA-1 validation and allow local file disclosure or outbound server-side requests. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.71.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/94caa46c1a594512247fbd46c808edae39469542 github.com
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/cacd9436d0de40b0e58cc7d2dbb06451619e61ec github.com
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/pull/730 github.com
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-36mm-w85j-3q2j github.com