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CVE-2018-1000838

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

autopsy version <= 4.9.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in CaseMetadata XML Parser that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted CaseMetadata.

Affected products

• sleuthkit Autopsy: through 4.9.0

References

• https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/autopsy-XXE/
• https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/issues/4236
• https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/autopsy-XXE/
• https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/issues/4236

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