CVE-2026-54082: Verapdf Verapdf-Validation

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

veraPDF validation model is an implementation of the veraPDF validation model. From 1.25.73 until 1.30.2 and 1.31.71, veraPDF-validation contains an XML External Entity vulnerability in PDFAValidator.validate(...) and GFPDAcroForm.getdynamicRender(), where default DocumentBuilderFactory parsing of rich-text annotation or form-field values and XFA configurations in untrusted PDFs can allow local file disclosure and outbound network requests. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.71.

Affected products

• Verapdf Verapdf-Validation: from 1.17.35, before 1.30.2 (fixed in 1.30.2); from 1.31.1, before 1.31.71 (fixed in 1.31.71)

Published 2026-07-29. Last modified 2026-07-30.