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CVE-2018-8013 — batik

CRITICALFix: apache/xmlgraphics-batik@f91125b

CVE-2018-8013 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 18.6% (97th percentile). A fix is available for org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Batik

Also known asGHSA-25gw-4pcc-45cf
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 9, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
18.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Moderate Risk-0.33%
Lower risk than most CVEs97th percentile — riskier than 97% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%8.34%16.7%25.0%1.2%18.6%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
☕org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

In Apache Batik 1.x before 1.10, when deserializing subclass of AbstractDocument, the class takes a string from the inputStream as the class name which then use it to call the no-arg constructor of the class. Fix was to check the class type before calling newInstance in deserialization.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.apache.xmlgraphics:batik≥ 1.0&&< 1.101.10org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik:1.10

Affected Products

21 products · 41 configurations
Application
batikapache
≥ 1.0 && < 1.10
range
OS
ubuntu linuxcanonical
1 version
14.04
OS
debian linuxdebian
3 versions
7.08.09.0
Application
business intelligenceoracle
4 versions
11.1.1.7.011.1.1.9.012.2.1.3.012.2.1.4.0
Application
communications diameter signaling routeroracle
< 8.3
range
Application
communications metasolv solutionoracle
1 version
6.3.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik to 1.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2018-8013 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Do not deserialise data from untrusted sources: where the format allows it, restrict deserialisation to an explicit allowlist of expected types, and prefer a data-only format (JSON, Protobuf) over one that can reconstruct arbitrary objects until you can upgrade.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

UbuntuCRITICAL
USN-3661-1Ubuntu

Frequently Asked Questions

In Apache Batik 1.x before 1.10, when deserializing subclass of `AbstractDocument`, the class takes a string from the inputStream as the class name which then use it to call the no-arg constructor of the class. Fix was to check the class type before calling newInstance in deserialization.
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CVE-2018-8013: batik — Fixed in 1.10