Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8038",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-8038",
    "summary": "Versions of Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.4 do not fully disable Document Type Declarations (DTDs) when either parsing the Identity Provider response in the application plugins, or in the Identity Provider itself when parsing certain XML-based parameters.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-8038",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
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                  "fixed": "b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          "versions": [
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            "fediz-1.4.2",
            "fediz-1.4.1",
            "fediz-1.4.0",
            "fediz-1.3.1",
            "fediz-1.3.0",
            "fediz-1.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/apache/cxf-fediz/commit/b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d",
                "target": {
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:35:49Z"
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:35:49.736193453Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0a6a05ec3b3a00458da43712b0ff3a2f573175d9bfb39fb0de21424%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E",
        "https://github.com/apache/cxf-fediz/commit/b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d"
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        "value": "CVE-2018-8038",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387862,
  "published_at": "2018-07-05T13:29:00.587+00:00"
}