CVE-2024-28109

Potential XSLT injection vulnerability when using policy files

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2024 at 01:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorveraPDF-library

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

veraPDF-library is a PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files invokes an XSL transformation that could lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.24.2
Affected range stops below 1.24.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-91

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