Critical
Security advisory
Pippo through 1.11.0 allows remote code execution via a command to java.lang.ProcessBuilder because the XstreamEngine component does not use XStream's available protection mechanisms to restrict unmarshalling.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18240
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Pippo through 1.11.0 allows remote code execution via a command to java.lang.ProcessBuilder because the XstreamEngine component does not use XStream's available protection mechanisms to restrict unmarshalling.
osv:CVE-2018-18240
Complete source record
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