CVE-2026-54082
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
veraPDF validation model is an implementation of the veraPDF validation model. From 1.25.73 until 1.30.2 and 1.31.71, veraPDF-validation contains an XML External Entity vulnerability in PDFAValidator.validate(...) and GFPDAcroForm.getdynamicRender(), where default DocumentBuilderFactory parsing of rich-text annotation or form-field values and XFA configurations in untrusted PDFs can allow local file disclosure and outbound network requests. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.71.
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affected products (11)
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- Maven org.verapdf:validation-model-jakarta1.17.35 → 1.30.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.verapdf/validation-model-jakarta
- Maven org.verapdf:validation-model-jakarta1.31.1 → 1.31.71osvUSpkg:maven/org.verapdf/validation-model-jakarta
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2867RealObjects PDFreactor: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2026-08-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in RealObjects PDFreactor ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-cg9x-g3gm-h5h6veraPDF-validatio: Use of Default `DocumentBuilderFactory` leads to XXE When Processing Untrusted PDFs2026-07-29ghsa · osvUS
### Summary veraPDF-validation has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in two PDF parsing paths (validate and `GFPDAcroForm.getdynamicRender()`). A malicious/crafted PDF supplied to a veraPDF consumer can lead to the expansion of external entities while parsing rich-text annotation/form-field values or XFA configurations, allowing local file disclosure and potentially outbound network requests depending on the runtime (host) environment. ### Details Consumers that utilise either the `PDFAValidator.validate(...)` or `GFPDAcroForm(acroForm).getdynamicRender()` APIs to process untrusted PDFs are vulnerable to XXE exploits. Both vulnerable paths share the same root cause: the underlying source binds a default `DocumentBuilderFactory` and immediately calls `newDocumentBuilder()` which does not disable parsing of DTDs, external entities, XInclude, or external resource access directives in XML schemas. This is an XXE vulnerability affecting applications that use veraPDF's affected APIs to parse or validate untrusted PDFs. An attacker could craft a PDF that includes crafted XML external entities that when processed by vulnerable consumers could lead to local file disclosure and server-side outbound requests to attacker-controlled endpoints, depending on JVM XML parser behavior and network controls on the host.
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validationPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/94caa46c1a594512247fbd46c808edae39469542cnnvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/cacd9436d0de40b0e58cc7d2dbb06451619e61eccnnvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/pull/730cnnvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-cg9x-g3gm-h5h6cnnvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/94caa46c1a594512247fbd46c808edae39469542enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/commit/cacd9436d0de40b0e58cc7d2dbb06451619e61ecenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/pull/730enisa_euvd
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