What is CVE-2026-38165?

CVE-2026-38165 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-38165?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2026-38165 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in N/a

CVE-2026-38165

A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in the Velocity template engine configuration of xdocreport v0.9.2 to v2.2.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted expression.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2026-08-17 · last modified 2026-09-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.003

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

AT190510-Cuong/CVE-2026-38165-SSTI-

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-38165?: CVE-2026-38165 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-38165?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2026-38165 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.