CVE-2019-3774: Spring Batch XML External Entity Injection (XXE)

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-18 · updated 2026-09-01
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

Spring Batch versions 3.0.9, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, and older unsupported versions, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.

Affected products

Spring Batch: through 3.0.9; from 4.0.0 through 4.0.1; 4.1.0

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01292194daa9ed3117b34dabec0c26929f6db13b9613fc144f720d52%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r08e7ddc354bdcbf95d88399f18b3d804865034f8bc706095e594b29f%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2349237482bcec43632d9d78d7d2804520d9a82f4d8b1fd96bb616b8%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r47c7f67a3067ec09262eef0705abc42ea1b646699d9198bcaf8dad02%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5fbb63e405d2211c16524d33f52e3b122109d3bc88d5f74623fb212d%40%3Ccommits.servicemix.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79991aeb5d0c53c67e400e037c72758a06607752ca2f23b5302dd61f%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96d90e59bb12af5e5c631dcf7d7d80857a52bf3dc44d5b85553e7fc4%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra329bb85da9da93ac6f9b5fc0fc5446a3af0ee2a62c5de484da0af54%40%3Ccommits.servicemix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra62a3bf48ab4e0e9aaed970b03d79a73224d68a4275858c707542f6c%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
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