Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-20433

critical

CVE-2018-20433

c3p0: XML external entity processing in extractXmlConfigFromInputStream

Published Modified CWE 611
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

c3p0 0.9.5.2 allows XXE in extractXmlConfigFromInputStream in com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0ConfigXmlUtils.java during initialization.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.mchange:c3p00.9.5.3
debian 11c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 12c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 13c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 14c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 8c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1
debian 9c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb9u1
echoc3p00.9.1.2-10
Red Hatc3p0, opendaylight, rhevm-dependenciesno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMc3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.mchange:c3p00.9.5.3
debian 11c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 12c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 13c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 14c3p00.9.1.2-10
debian 8c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1
debian 9c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb9u1
echoc3p00.9.1.2-10
Red Hatc3p0no fix listed
Red Hatopendaylightno fix listed
Red Hatrhevm-dependenciesno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMc3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMc3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMc3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.10c3p00.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.18.10.1

References

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