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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
impish Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

jammy Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
bionic
Released (2.0.10-2~18.04.1)
focal
Released (2.0.10-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1)
upstream Not vulnerable
(2.2.3)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
xenial Needed

mantic Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)

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