CVE-2018-25282
Nmap 7.70 Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion
Description
Nmap 7.70 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malicious XML files with exponential entity expansion. Attackers can create a crafted XML file with nested entity definitions and open it through ZenMap's scan import functionality to cause the program to consume excessive system resources and crash.
INFO
Published Date :
April 26, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 26, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
VulnCheck
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-25282
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 |
Solution
- Update Nmap to version 7.71 or later.
- Avoid processing untrusted XML files.
- Configure XML parser to disable external entities.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-25282 vulnerability anywhere in the article.