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high 7.5

CVE-2019-17566 in the critical feed json

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in Apache Batik

published 2020-11-12 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-cmx4-p4v5-hmr5 , EUVD-2022-0963

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.9%
EPSS 10.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the "xlink:href" attributes. By using a specially-crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying server to make arbitrary GET requests.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik 1.13
  • apache batik 1.13
  • oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools 9.2.4.0
  • batik Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17566

  • batik Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.10-2~18.04.1
  • batik Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.12-1ubuntu0.1
  • batik Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.3+esm1
  • batik Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8-3ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17566

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xmlgraphics-batik SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.17-2.7.1
  • xmlgraphics-batik SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 1.8-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0777-1SUSE-SU-2020:1800-1

  • xmgraphics-batik openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.14-2.5
  • xmlgraphics-batik Package Hub 15 SP1 1.9-bp151.2.3.1
  • xmlgraphics-batik openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.9-lp151.6.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11522-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1043-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0851-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17566 updated cvss 7.5

batik: SSRF via "xlink:href"

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 batik Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 batik, batik-demo, batik-svgpp, batik-javadoc, batik-ttf2svg, batik-squiggle, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 batik, batik-demo, batik-svgpp, batik-javadoc, batik-ttf2svg, batik-squiggle, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 batik Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 batik Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 batik
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5568
  • Red Hat RHDM 7.9.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4960
  • Red Hat RHPAM 7.9.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4961
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 eclipse-jdt, eclipse-pde, eclipse-swt, eclipse-platform, eclipse-equinox-osgi, eclipse-p2-discovery
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

10.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik
<1.13
1.13

Affected products

  • n/a Apache Batik

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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