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CVE-2017-18197

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

Affected products

• jgraph Mxgraph: through 3.7.5

References

• https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/issues/124
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00002.html
• https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/issues/124
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00002.html

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