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CVE-2016-15026: 3breadt dd-plist xml external entity reference

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• 3breadt dd-plist: before 1.18 — fixed in 1.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 3breadt dd-plist 1.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
• https://vuldb.com/?id.221486
• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
• https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
• https://vuldb.com/?id.221486

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