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libapache-poi-java — security advisory
In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources via XML External Entity (XXE) Processing.
- Products
- libapache-poi-java
- Affected versions
- 3.10.1-2, 3.10.1-3, 4.0.1-1, 4.0.1-1~18.03, 4.0.1-2, 4.0.1-3, 4.0.1-4, 4.0.1-5, 4.0.1-6
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12415
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources via XML External Entity (XXE) Processing.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12415
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Complete source record
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