CVE-2019-9658
Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.
02 Description
Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.
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
- 3.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2019-03-11 04:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 21:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- d2969ab8b395722c3e48522c6a49df5dc7bfda775d6457aac4d8ebbf8437daf6
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/6476
- github.comhttps://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474
- github.comhttps://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478
- checkstyle.orghttps://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18
- lists.apache.org[james-server-dev] 20190318 [james-project] 01/03: JAMES-2693 Update com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to respond to CVE-2019-9658https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7eea10e7be4c21060cb1e79f6524c6e6559ba833b1465cd2870a56b9%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a3f67e2364https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-e4405b4c9fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190428 [SECURITY] [DLA 1768-1] checkstyle security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00029.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-4696630d6fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE/
- lists.apache.org[accumulo-notifications] 20190612 [GitHub] [accumulo-testing] milleruntime opened a new pull request #80: Update checkstylehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[fluo-notifications] 20190814 [GitHub] [fluo] ctubbsii merged pull request #1073: Update checkstyle (CVE-2019-9658)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[fluo-commits] 20190814 [fluo] branch fluo-parent updated: Update checkstyle (CVE-2019-9658) (#1073)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6bf8bbbca826e883f09ba40bc0d319350e1d6d4cf4df7c9e399b2699%40%3Ccommits.fluo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[fluo-notifications] 20190815 Build failed in Jenkins: Fluo Parent Pom #101https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[nifi-commits] 20200930 svn commit: r1882168 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- checkstyle Fixed in 8.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- checkstyle Fixed in 8.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- checkstyle Fixed in 8.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- checkstyle 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
- checkstyle 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.