CVE-2018-12544

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In version from 3.5.Beta1 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the OpenAPI XML type validator creates XML parsers without taking appropriate defense against XML attacks. This mechanism is exclusively when the developer uses the Eclipse Vert.x OpenAPI XML type validator to validate a provided schema.

Affected products

Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x: 3.5.0, 3.5.0-beta1, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.2-cr1, 3.5.2-cr2 (+3)

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539568
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1021
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539568
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1021
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

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