maven package report

Is org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox safe?

8 known vulnerabilities, worst severity CRITICAL.

cvss

9.0

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss

9.5%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score

4.3

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h

CRITICALCVE-2019-0228

Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF.

Affected: >= 2.0.14, < 2.0.15
Fixed in: 2.0.15
Weakness: CWE-611
Published: 2019-07-05
Source: github

GHSA NVD MITRE reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference

// dependencies

0 direct

// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so maven packages are not covered.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 02:54 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2022-05-13. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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