SCA: security update for org.verapdf:validation-model, org.verapdf:validation-model-jakarta (GHSA-cg9x-g3gm-h5h6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445454

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- veraPDF validation model is an implementation of the veraPDF validation model. From 1.25.73 until 1.30.2
and 1.31.71, veraPDF-validation contains an XML External Entity vulnerability in
PDFAValidator.validate(...) and GFPDAcroForm.getdynamicRender(), where default DocumentBuilderFactory
parsing of rich-text annotation or form-field values and XFA configurations in untrusted PDFs can allow
local file disclosure and outbound network requests. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.71.
(CVE-2026-54082)

Solution

Update the org.verapdf:validation-model library and its related packages to version 1.30.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cg9x-g3gm-h5h6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445454

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54082

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54082

cwe: CWE-611