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CVE-2017-15691

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content.

Affected products

• Apache Uima-As: before 2.10.2 — fixed in 2.10.2
• Apache UIMA DUCC: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2
• Apache Uimafit: before 2.4.0 — fixed in 2.4.0
• Apache Uimaj: before 2.10.2; 3.0.0, 3.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha2 — fixed in 2.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Uima-As 2.10.2; Apache UIMA DUCC 2.2.2; Apache Uimafit 2.4.0; Apache Uimaj 2.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E
• https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E
• https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691

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