CWE-827 Improper Control of Document Type Definition

variant

The product does not restrict a reference to a Document Type Definition (DTD) to the intended control sphere. This might allow attackers to reference arbitrary DTDs, possibly causing the product to expose files, consume excessive system resources, or execute arbitrary http requests on behalf of the attacker.

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parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

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vulnerabilities (3)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2025-4949USmedium5.3—
In Eclipse JGit versions 7.2.0.202503040940-r and older, the ManifestParser class used by the repo command and the AmazonS3 class used to implement the experimental amazons3 git tr…
CVE-2026-15803US——
In Eclipse RDF4J, several XML parser entry points do not fully restrict XML External Entity (XXE) processing when parsing untrusted XML-based RDF data or query results, permitting…
CVE-2024-9044US——
A XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability has been identified in Easy Tax Client Software 2023 1.2 and earlier across multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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