CVE-2026-55848: mapfish-print: XXE on MapFish Print allows reading arbitrary files of certain types
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.53% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: org.mapfish:print.print-servlet (Maven) 3.28.30; org.mapfish.print:print-lib (Maven) 3.28.30, 3.30.32, 3.33.16; org.mapfish.print:print-servlet (Maven) 3.30.32, 3.31.24, 3.33.16.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.mapfish:print.print-servlet (Maven) 3.28.30; org.mapfish.print:print-lib (Maven) 3.28.30, 3.30.32, 3.33.16; org.mapfish.print:print-servlet (Maven) 3.30.32, 3.31.24, 3.33.16 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
mapfish-print is a component of MapFish for printing templated cartographic maps. Prior to 3.28.30, 3.30.32, 3.31.24, 3.33.16, and 4.0.5, MapFish Print accepts an attacker-controlled GML layer url in requests to the /api/print3/print endpoint and fetches XML parsed by core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/map/geotools/GmlLayer.java without disabling external entities and external DTDs. A remote XML document and DTD can expand a local file entity, and the resulting content can be exposed through the GML parsing and error path. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read files such as operating-system account data, Kubernetes service-account tokens, and certificates. Replacing the file entity target with an internal HTTP endpoint also permits server-side request forgery. This issue is fixed in versions 3.28.30, 3.30.32, 3.31.24, 3.33.16, and 4.0.5.
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 44th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-611
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · GitHub_M
- 8.6
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
mapfish mapfish-print
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.28.30, >= 3.29.0, < 3.30.32, >= 3.31.0, < 3.31.24, >= 3.32.0, < 3.33.16, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5affected
mapfish org.mapfish.print.print-lib
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.28.30, >= 3.29.0, < 3.30.32, >= 3.31.0, < 3.31.24, >= 3.32.0, < 3.33.16, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5affected
mapfish org.mapfish.print.print-servlet
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.28.30, >= 3.29.0, < 3.30.32, >= 3.31.0, < 3.31.24, >= 3.32.0, < 3.33.16, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.mapfish:print.print-servlet | from 3.0.0 · before 3.28.30 | 3.28.30 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-lib | from 3.0.0 · before 3.28.30 | 3.28.30 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-lib | from 3.29.0 · before 3.30.32 | 3.30.32 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-lib | from 3.32.0 · before 3.33.16 | 3.33.16 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-lib | from 3.34.0 · before 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | from 3.29.0 · before 3.30.32 | 3.30.32 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | from 3.31.0 · before 3.31.24 | 3.31.24 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | from 3.32.0 · before 3.33.16 | 3.33.16 |
| Maven | org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | from 3.34.0 · before 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 |
Same product
mapfish: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.mapfish:print.print-servlet | 3.28.30 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-lib | 3.28.30 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-lib | 3.30.32 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-lib | 3.33.16 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-lib | 4.0.5 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | 3.30.32 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | 3.31.24 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | 3.33.16 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.mapfish.print:print-servlet | 4.0.5 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit 13beae7
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit 23a96e7
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit 3525e81
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit 56c47d3
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit a55a248
- mapfish/mapfish-printcommit d13911a
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4212
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4215
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4216
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4217
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4219
- mapfish/mapfish-printPR 4221
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/23a96e7baa15077bdb0e5fc5a72b18da23af9121
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/3525e8150fcb5f40095930ccf7aec0d8ce92bbcb
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/56c47d3bf70d8428916dea8ed7005518ad07dc7d
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/a55a24873db5f19b37abac7d59144dc86406c236
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/commit/d13911ac6e0509444d64e74830f10b14e4dcfdf1
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4212
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4215
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4216
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4217
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4219
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/pull/4221
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.28.30
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.30.32
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/3.31.24
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/releases/tag/4.0.5
- github.com/mapfish/mapfish-print/security/advisories/GHSA-5v29-34h8-v68r
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.