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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-6805

Apache Ignite before 1.9 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read arbitrary files via XXE in modified update-notifier documents.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:59 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-6805

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Apr 2017, 19:59 UTC

Apache Ignite before 1.9 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read arbitrary files via XXE in modified update-notifier documents.

osv:CVE-2016-6805
Complete source record
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  "id": "997b2479e7ce307113528297c513a488c0936ffddfcca96b96240edb11d80bbf",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6805",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6805",
    "summary": "Apache Ignite before 1.9 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read arbitrary files via XXE in modified update-notifier documents.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6805",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6805",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6805",
        "GHSA-8qfc-cvjp-mgpq"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/ignite",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "9ca40dbeb7d559fcb299bdb6f5c90cdf8ce7e533"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:ignite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.8.0-rc1",
            "1.8.0",
            "release-1.0.0-RC1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6805.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.243321738Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6805",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436492,
  "published_at": "2017-04-07T19:59:00.167+00:00"
}