CVE-2018-12463: HP Fortify Software Security Center

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 13.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), version 17.1, 17.2, 18.1 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.

Affected products

• HP Fortify Software Security Center: version 17.1 only; version 17.2 only; version 18.1 only

Published 2018-07-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.