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CVE-2026-54078 (GCVE-0-2026-54078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-29 15:11 – Updated: 2026-07-29 15:11

Title

veraPDF Validation XXE via Rich Text

Summary

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 (XXE) vulnerability in validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/tools/DictionaryKeysHelper.java in getRichTextStringOrStreamEntryStringRepresentation(), where a crafted PDF containing a malicious rich-text /RC or /RV entry can cause external entity expansion and reflect local file contents into the validation report. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.71.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/sec…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/pull/730	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/com…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation/com…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
veraPDF	veraPDF-validation	Affected: >= 1.25.73, < 1.30.2 Affected: >= 1.31.1, < 1.31.71

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GHSA-3JH7-WM29-Q568

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-29 15:11 – Updated: 2026-07-29 15:11

Summary

veraPDF Validation XXE via Rich Text

Details

Summary

Description An XML External Entity Injection (CWE-611) vulnerability in veraPDF allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the server file system and perform Server-Side Request Forgery by submitting a crafted PDF containing a malicious rich-text (/RC or /RV) entry. This affects all current versions of veraPDF-validation.

Details

The vulnerability resides in veraPDF-validation validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/tools/DictionaryKeysHelper.java within the getRichTextStringOrStreamEntryStringRepresentation() method. This helper extracts the XHTML rich-text body from a PDF dictionary string or stream and parses it with a DOM parser to return the concatenated text content.

The vulnerability stems from two combined issues:
- The DocumentBuilderFactory is instantiated with default settings , no disallow-doctype-decl, no disabling of external general/parameter entities, no FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, and no secure EntityResolver. The default JAXP/Xerces parser will therefore resolve <!DOCTYPE … SYSTEM "…"> and <!ENTITY … SYSTEM "…"> declarations.
- After parsing, getAllNodeText() recursively concatenates every text node in the document and returns it as the model property value. This means the expanded contents of any external entity are reflected directly back into the validation report.

Impact

This impacts all current releases of the veraPDF validation-model module.

Successful exploitation requires only that the target validate an attacker-supplied PDF. A single markup annotation with a crafted /RC string is sufficient.

Proposed Patch

Harden the DocumentBuilderFactory in validation-model/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/tools/DictionaryKeysHelper.java per the OWASP XXE Prevention Cheat Sheet to disallow DOCTYPE outright.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-54078 (GCVE-0-2026-54078)

GHSA-3JH7-WM29-Q568

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