Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs / XML Bomb)

CVE-2026-31248

Published:

May 11, 2026

Status:

Deferred

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-74;CWE-94

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

Code Injection (CWE-94) in ANTLR4 Grammar Action Block

Arbitrary Code Execution in Generated Artifacts

June 28, 2026

CWE-74;CWE-89

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

SQL Injection (CWE-89) in Restaurant Password Reset

Authentication Data Exposure and Account Compromise

June 28, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs / XML Bomb)

CWE:

CWE-776

Impact:

Denial of Service via Resource Exhaustion

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs / XML Bomb)

CWE:

CWE-776

Impact:

Denial of Service via Resource Exhaustion

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs / XML Bomb)

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

Code Injection (CWE-94) in ANTLR4 Grammar Action Block

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

SQL Injection (CWE-89) in Restaurant Password Reset

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Ship clean & secure code faster

Ship clean & secure code faster

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