CVE-2023-4218

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 32.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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.

Published

2023-11-09 08:26Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-03 19:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-08

Assigning CNA

eclipse

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a03d2c3324c337ea79e3b1b420604d01cf8fe63e6bafbdd668d653c570982a1d

• gitlab.eclipse.orghttps://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba
• github.comhttps://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b