What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-9658?

CVE-2019-9658 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-9658?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2019-9658. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Checkstyle CVE-2019-9658

MEDIUM

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)

2019-03-11 cve@mitre.org

XXE Checkstyle Debian Linux Fedora

5.3

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 11, 2019 - 05:29 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

24 maven packages depend on com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle (13 direct, 11 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 8.18.

DescriptionNVD

Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.

AnalysisAI

Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. Affected products include: Checkstyle, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora. Version information: before 8.18.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.