Spring Batch versions 3.0.9, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, and older unsupported versions, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.

Affected Packages

Maven org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 3.0.10)

Maven org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core

Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.0.2)

Maven org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core

Affected versions: 4.1.0 (fixed in 4.1.1)

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-3774

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-3wc8-659g-r88q

Published

January 25, 2019 4:18 PM

Last Modified

June 16, 2020 8:56 PM

CVSS Score

2.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 18, 2025 6:29 AM

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