CVE-2021-40690 – org.apache.santuario:xmlsec

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.apache.santuario:xmlsec
Vulnerable Version: >=2.2.0 <2.2.3 || >=0 <2.1.7

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00325 pctl0.5488

Details

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Santuario All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.

Metadata

Created: 2021-09-20T23:18:41Z
Modified: 2021-10-04T14:16:41Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/09/GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx/GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-200"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx
Finding: F017
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