CVE-2023-26119

Summary

CVECVE-2023-26119
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersnyk
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-03 05:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:17:23 UTC
DescriptionVersions of the package net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit from 0 and before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.025130000 probability, percentile 0.843550000 (date 2026-10-11)

Problem Types: CWE-94 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-94 Remote Code Execution (RCE)


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Htmlunit Htmlunit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Net.sourceforge.htmlunithtmlunit affected 3.0.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HtmlUnit-RCE | Siebene@ Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 siebene.github.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
enable FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING for the XSLT processor · HtmlUnit/htmlunit@641325b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Remote Code Execution (RCE) in net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit | CVE-2023-26119 | Snyk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.snyk.io Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Siebene@ (en)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150696 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJUL2023)
  • 87546 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJUL2023)

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