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CVE-2021-40690

Published: 19 September 2021

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxml-security-java
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.0.10-2~18.04.1)
focal
Released (2.0.10-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1)
hirsute Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
impish Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(2.2.3)
xenial Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N