CVE-2019-17566Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the "xlink:href" attributes. By using a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 10.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the "xlink:href" attributes. By using a specially-crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying server to make arbitrary GET requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Batik
- affected Apache Batik 1.12 and older
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.xmlgraphics:batikGHSA-cmx4-p4v5-hmr5 (opens in a new tab)
References
References10
- https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [myfaces-commits] 20201120 [myfaces-tobago] branch tobago-2.x updated: Update batik dependency from 1.9 to 1.13, because of CVE-2019-17566 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [myfaces-commits] 20201211 [myfaces-tobago] 21/22: Update batik dependency from 1.9 to 1.13, because of CVE-2019-17566 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GLSA-202401-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-0963 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cmx4-p4v5-hmr5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-17566)Record last updated .