VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-9658
Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 3.58%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.58% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- checkstyle/checkstyle · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/6476Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6bf8bbbca826e883f09ba40bc0d319350e1d6d4cf4df7c9e399b2699%40%3Ccommits.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7eea10e7be4c21060cb1e79f6524c6e6559ba833b1465cd2870a56b9%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE/
- https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/6476Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6bf8bbbca826e883f09ba40bc0d319350e1d6d4cf4df7c9e399b2699%40%3Ccommits.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7eea10e7be4c21060cb1e79f6524c6e6559ba833b1465cd2870a56b9%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.