CVE-2018-1000838: Sleuthkit Autopsy

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

autopsy version <= 4.9.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in CaseMetadata XML Parser that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted CaseMetadata.

Affected products

• Sleuthkit Autopsy: up to and including 4.9.0

Published 2018-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.