{"id":"CVE-2018-12544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12544","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:37:30.195Z","title":"In version from 3.5.Beta1 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the OpenAPI XML type validator creates XML parsers without taking appropriate defense against XML attacks.","description":"In version from 3.5.Beta1 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the OpenAPI XML type validator creates XML parsers without taking appropriate defense against XML attacks. This mechanism is exclusively when the developer uses the Eclipse Vert.x OpenAPI XML type validator to validate a provided schema.","published":"2018-10-10T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:37:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"emo@eclipse.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["eclipse/vert.x"],"epss":{"score":0.02172,"percentile":0.82203,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539568","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1021","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E","source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539568","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1021","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12544","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}