{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-40682", "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "apache", "dateReserved": "2026-04-14T17:21:09.189Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-04T16:55:55.834Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-04T17:36:52.681Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "packageName": "org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools", "product": "Apache OpenNLP", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "versions": [{"lessThan": "2.5.9", "status": "affected", "version": "0", "versionType": "semver"}, {"lessThan": "3.0.0-M3", "status": "affected", "version": "3.0", "versionType": "semver"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Subramanian S"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<p><strong>XML External Entity (XXE) via Unsanitized Dictionary Parsing in Apache OpenNLP DictionaryEntryPersistor</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Versions Affected:</strong> before 2.5.9, before 3.0.0-M3</p>\n<p><strong>Description:</strong> The <code>DictionaryEntryPersistor</code> class initializes a static <code>SAXParserFactory</code> at class-load time without enabling <code>FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING</code> or disabling DTD processing. When <code>create(InputStream, EntryInserter)</code> is invoked, the only feature set on the <code>XMLReader</code> is namespace support \u2014 external entity resolution and DOCTYPE declarations remain fully enabled. An attacker who can supply a crafted dictionary file (e.g., a stop-word list or domain dictionary) containing a malicious DOCTYPE declaration can trigger local file disclosure via <code>file://</code> entity references or server-side request forgery via <code>http://</code> entity references during SAX parsing, before the application processes a single dictionary entry. This is inconsistent with the project's own <code>XmlUtil.createSaxParser()</code> helper, which correctly sets <code>FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING</code> and <code>disallow-doctype-decl</code> and is used by all other XML parsing paths in the codebase. 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