{"id":"CVE-2026-61570","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-61570","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:11:54.766Z","title":"A crafted database can cause the parser to read an arbitrary local file, although MPXJ's subsequent handling of the parsed XML makes disclosure of the file contents unlikely.","description":"MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. From 5.5.5 until 16.4.1, MerlinReader creates a DocumentBuilder with default settings while parsing XML from the ZTIMEINTERVALS column of a Merlin project SQLite database, leaving doctype declarations and external entities enabled. A crafted database can cause the parser to read an arbitrary local file, although MPXJ's subsequent handling of the parsed XML makes disclosure of the file contents unlikely. This issue is fixed in version 16.4.1.","published":"2026-09-22T20:17:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-24T16:17:09.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00474,"percentile":0.40795,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-23","score":0.00474,"percentile":0.40179}]},"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 (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-22T20:17:04.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-22T20:17:04.287Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/6e8288bc4d1cd62842af298004dc74fe66fb0805","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/releases/tag/v16.4.1","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/security/advisories/GHSA-5vvx-3h34-f3gj","source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61570","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."}