{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25282 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-25282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ZenMap, published on 26 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25282 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-25282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ZenMap, published on 26 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25282 exists.\n\nAffected product: ZenMap. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25282/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-25282","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25282/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-25282","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fjcc-fh45-xq5m"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nmap ZenMap","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can crash Nmap ZenMap by importing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion, causing resource exhaustion.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-674","name":"Uncontrolled Recursion"}],"description":"Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Nmap 7.70 Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion","id":"CVE-2018-25282","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xxe","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"iSmartViewPro 1.5 Buffer Overflow via SavePath Parameter","id":"CVE-2018-25283"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"iCash 7.6.5 Denial of Service via Connect to Server","id":"CVE-2018-25281"},"products":["ZenMap"],"published":"2026-04-26","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-27","vendors":["ZenMap"]},"summary":"Local attackers can crash Nmap ZenMap by importing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion, causing resource exhaustion.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25282/"}