Upgrade com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to version 8.18 or later

1 com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle vulnerability found in pom.xml 17 hours ago
Remediation
Upgrade com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to version 8.18 or later. For example:

<dependency>
<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
<version>[8.18,)</version>
</dependency>
Always verify the validity and compatibility of suggestions with your codebase.

Details
CVE-2019-9658 More information
moderate severity
Vulnerable versions: < 8.18
Patched version: 8.18
Checkstyle prior to 8.18 loads external DTDs by default, which can potentially lead to denial of service attacks or the leaking of confidential information.