CVE-2019-12415
In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local
02 Description
In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-23 19:27Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-05-28
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 522d3df8c67dae13514f71d4524598ab49c8d9ae22a4d30e7ffa1ab52c23bcd7
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.org[tika-user] 20191105 Is tika-parsers exposed to CVE-2019-12415https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2ac0327748de0c2b3c1c012481b79936797c711724e0b7da83cf564c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tika-user] 20191105 Re: Is tika-parsers exposed to CVE-2019-12415https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/895164e03a3c327449069e2fd6ced0367561878b3ae6a8ec740c2007%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tika-user] 20191106 Re: Is tika-parsers exposed to CVE-2019-12415https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d88b8823867033514d7ec05d66f88c70dc207604d3dcbd44fd88464c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13a54b6a03369cfb418a699180ffb83bd727320b6ddfec198b9b728e%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libapache-poi-java Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- libapache-poi-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.