CVE-2017-15691: Apache Uima-As

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 8.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content.

Affected products

• Apache Uima-As: before 2.10.2 (fixed in 2.10.2)
• Apache Uimaducc: before 2.2.2 (fixed in 2.2.2)
• Apache Uimafit: before 2.4.0 (fixed in 2.4.0)
• Apache Uimaj: before 2.10.2 (fixed in 2.10.2); version 3.0.0 only

Published 2018-04-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.