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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-18240

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-18240

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Oct 2018, 07:29 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18240",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-18240",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-18240",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      ],
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        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/pippo-java/pippo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                {
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              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:pippo:pippo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "release-1.6.0",
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            "release-1.4.0",
            "release-1.3.0",
            "release-1.2.0",
            "release-1.1.0",
            "release-1.0.0",
            "release-0.10.0",
            "release-0.9.1",
            "release-0.9.0",
            "release-0.8.0",
            "release-0.7.0",
            "release-0.6.1",
            "release-0.6.0",
            "release-0.5.0",
            "release-0.4.2",
            "pippo-parent-0.4.0",
            "pippo-parent-0.3.0",
            "pippo-parent-0.2.0",
            "pippo-parent-0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:53.165280279Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/pippo-java/pippo/issues/454"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-18240",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380919,
  "published_at": "2018-10-11T07:29:00.317+00:00"
}