`CVE-2024-28168`

Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1
Fixed in	`2.10`
Weakness	XML external entity (XXE) (CWE-611)
Published	9 Oct 2024
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability in Apache XML Graphics FOP. This issue affects Apache XML Graphics FOP: 2.9. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10, which fixes the issue.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 2 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 1.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full
Action available security rule
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Protected by Waratek.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Protected by Waratek.

How to mitigate CVE-2024-28168

Upgrade the affected software to 2.10 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with a security rule that blocks this kind of attack. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026 ↗	CPU	2026-Q3	Oracle Autonomous Health Framework / Healthcheck (Apache FOP) (25.1)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2025 ↗	CPU	2025-Q4	Oracle Financial Services Applications / Platform (Apache FOP) (8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2025 ↗	CPU	2025-Q3	Oracle Hyperion / Installation and Configuration (Apache FOP) (11.2.21.0.000)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗	CPU	2025-Q2	Oracle Communications / Configuration Management Platform (Apache FOP) (15.0.0.0.0) Oracle Communications / Security (Apache FOP) (46.6) Oracle Communications Applications / Print Preview (Apache FOP) (6.3.1) Oracle Financial Services Applications / IDM Authentication (Apache FOP) (21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Installer (Apache FOP) (2.9.0.0.0-7.0.0.0.0) Oracle Financial Services Applications / User Interface (Apache FOP) (21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Plugins (Apache FOP) (12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026 ↗

CPU

2026-Q3

Oracle Autonomous Health Framework / Healthcheck (Apache FOP) (25.1)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2025 ↗

CPU

2025-Q4

Oracle Financial Services Applications / Platform (Apache FOP) (8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2025 ↗

CPU

2025-Q3

Oracle Hyperion / Installation and Configuration (Apache FOP) (11.2.21.0.000)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗

CPU

2025-Q2

Oracle Communications / Configuration Management Platform (Apache FOP) (15.0.0.0.0)
Oracle Communications / Security (Apache FOP) (46.6)
Oracle Communications Applications / Print Preview (Apache FOP) (6.3.1)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / IDM Authentication (Apache FOP) (21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Installer (Apache FOP) (2.9.0.0.0-7.0.0.0.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / User Interface (Apache FOP) (21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Plugins (Apache FOP) (12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Autonomous Health Framework	Healthcheck (Apache FOP)	25.1	25.1
Oracle Communications	Configuration Management Platform (Apache FOP)	15.0.0.0.0	15.0.0.0.0
Oracle Communications	Security (Apache FOP)	46.6	46.6
Oracle Communications Applications	Print Preview (Apache FOP)	6.3.1	6.3.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications	IDM Authentication (Apache FOP)	21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0	21.1.0.0.0 · 22.1.0.0.0 · 22.2.0.0.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Installer (Apache FOP)	2.9.0.0.0-7.0.0.0.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Platform (Apache FOP)	8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5	8.0.7.9 · 8.0.8.7 · 8.1.2.5
Oracle Financial Services Applications	User Interface (Apache FOP)	21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0	21.1.0.0.0 · 22.1.0.0.0 · 22.2.0.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Plugins (Apache FOP)	12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0	12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.2.0.0
Oracle Hyperion	Installation and Configuration (Apache FOP)	11.2.21.0.000	11.2.21.0.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Autonomous Health Framework

Healthcheck (Apache FOP)

25.1

Oracle Communications

Configuration Management Platform (Apache FOP)

15.0.0.0.0

Oracle Communications

Security (Apache FOP)

46.6

Oracle Communications Applications

Print Preview (Apache FOP)

6.3.1

Oracle Financial Services Applications

IDM Authentication (Apache FOP)

21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0

21.1.0.0.0 · 22.1.0.0.0 · 22.2.0.0.0

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Installer (Apache FOP)

2.9.0.0.0-7.0.0.0.0

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Platform (Apache FOP)

8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5

8.0.7.9 · 8.0.8.7 · 8.1.2.5

Oracle Financial Services Applications

User Interface (Apache FOP)

21.1.0.0.0, 22.1.0.0.0, 22.2.0.0.0

21.1.0.0.0 · 22.1.0.0.0 · 22.2.0.0.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Plugins (Apache FOP)

12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0

12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.2.0.0

Oracle Hyperion

Installation and Configuration (Apache FOP)

11.2.21.0.000

11.2.21.0.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop-core 0 2.10 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop-core`	0	`2.10`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	formatting objects processor	generic	2.9
osv	org.apache.xmlgraphics	fop-core	generic	＜ 2.10

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

formatting objects processor

generic

2.9

osv

org.apache.xmlgraphics

fop-core

generic

＜ 2.10

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop/commit/d96ba9a11710d02716b6f4f6107ebfa9ccec7134	WEB
https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-fop	PACKAGE
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-3168	WEB
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html	WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/09/1	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2024-10-09	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2024-10-09

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Protected by Waratek Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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