{"id":"CVE-2018-17186","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17186","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:57:21.776Z","title":"An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.","description":"An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.","published":"2018-11-06T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["apache/syncope"],"epss":{"score":0.02477,"percentile":0.84472,"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 (2.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17186:_XXE_on_BPMN_definitions","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17186:_XXE_on_BPMN_definitions","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17186","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."}