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Medium, CVSS 4.6

Bio-Formats has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability

CVE-2026-22186GHSA-fcqj-76g3-q7qm

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • Maven ome:pom-bio-formats

    Affected
    <= 8.3.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
4.6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-22186: 0.17% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 6.74 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Bio-Formats versions up to and including 8.3.0 contain an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Leica Microsystems metadata parsing component (e.g., XLEF). The parser uses an insecurely configured DocumentBuilderFactory when processing Leica XML-based metadata files, allowing external entity expansion and external DTD loading. A crafted metadata file can trigger outbound network requests (SSRF), access local system resources where readable, or cause a denial of service during XML parsing.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-fcqj-76g3-q7qm

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-22186

Advisory: Bio-Formats has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
IDs: CVE-2026-22186, GHSA-fcqj-76g3-q7qm
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-22186 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:44 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.6)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven ome:pom-bio-formats: affected <= 8.3.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven ome:pom-bio-formats: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on ome:pom-bio-formats.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fcqj-76g3-q7qm (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-fcqj-76g3-q7qm lists affected ranges: Maven ome:pom-bio-formats >=0 <=8.3.0)

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