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Flowable Engine EUVDEUVD-2026-78206

| CVE-2026-91197 HIGH
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)
2026-09-14 disclosure@vulncheck.com GHSA-8x6x-vw5h-q563
7.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: vulncheck
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Vendor (vulncheck) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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6.5 MEDIUM

Network-reachable via BPMN upload API, PR:L reflects required deployment privileges, confidentiality-only impact as XXE yields file reads and SSRF probing with no integrity or availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Metadata Corrected
Sep 15, 2026 - 08:40 vuln.today
tag: SSRF added
Analysis Generated
Sep 15, 2026 - 07:53 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2026 - 23:19 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Flowable flowable-engine through 8.0.0 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability in ProcessDiagramLayoutFactory.parseXml() that fails to disable external entity resolution when parsing deployed BPMN resources. Attackers with process deployment privileges can embed DOCTYPE declarations with external entities in BPMN files to read arbitrary local files or trigger requests to internal network endpoints when diagram layout is computed.

AnalysisAI

XML External Entity injection in Flowable flowable-engine through 8.0.0 allows authenticated users holding process deployment privileges to exfiltrate arbitrary local files or perform server-side request forgery against internal network endpoints. The vulnerability resides in ProcessDiagramLayoutFactory.parseXml(), which processes user-supplied BPMN XML without disabling external entity resolution, and is present in both the main flowable-engine module and the legacy flowable5-engine (Activiti-derived) module. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires an authenticated account with process deployment privileges within the Flowable engine (corresponding to PR:L in the CVSS 4.0 vector). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) is well-calibrated for this class of vulnerability. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation No vendor-released patched version has been independently confirmed from the available reference data; the references link to source code lines and a GitHub issue (#4216) rather than a tagged fix release or security advisory with a remediation version. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours: Identify all Flowable deployments running version 8.0.0 or earlier and audit which users hold process deployment privileges. …

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