CheckstyleApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2018-1000009
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJenkins Checkstyle Plugin 3.49 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the Jenkins master, perform server-side request forgery, or denial-of-service attacks.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceJenkins Checkstyle Plugin versions 3.49 and earlier is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. The plugin parses XML checkstyle report files without disabling external entity processing, allowing authenticated users with build permissions to embed malicious XXE payloads that can extract sensitive files from the Jenkins master, perform SSRF requests, or cause denial-of-service.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
CheckstyleApplication
<= 3.49CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Checkstyle plugin versionNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab and locate the Checkstyle Plugin entry, or inspect the plugin file metadata in the Jenkins plugins directoryAffected if Version is 3.49 or earlier
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Confirm Checkstyle publishing is configuredReview job configurations (either via Jenkins UI under Post-build Actions or in job config.xml files) for 'Publish Checkstyle analysis results' or similar checkstyle publishersAffected if Any active jobs are configured to publish or archive Checkstyle results using the plugin
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Verify XML report processing occursCheck if builds produce checkstyle-result.xml files in the build workspace or archive, which the plugin parsesAffected if Checkstyle XML reports are being generated and processed by the plugin
You are affected if the Checkstyle plugin version is 3.49 or earlier AND the plugin is actively configured in any Jenkins jobs to parse checkstyle XML report files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Jenkins Checkstyle Plugin to version 3.50 or later, which disables external entity processing. Verify checkstyle reporting still functions correctly after the upgrade.
Fix this in Checkstyle
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-1000009 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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