CVE-2021-40690

Bypass of the secureValidation property

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E patch mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdac116aef912b563da54f4c152222c0754e32fb2f785519ac5e059f%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re294cfc61f509512874ea514d8d64fd276253d54ac378ffa7a4880c8%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a5c0ce9014bd07303aec1e5eed55951704878016465d3dae00e0c28%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c100d53c84d54cf71975e3f0cfcc2856a8846554a04c99390156ce4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3f5ba9b0de8c9c125077b71af06026d344a709a8ba67db81ee9faa%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf352f95c19c0c4051af3180752cb69acbea88d0d066ab176c6170e8%40%3Cuser.poi.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r401ecb7274794f040cd757b259ebe3e8c463ae74f7961209ccad3c59%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbbac0759b12472abd0c278d32b5e0867bb21934df8e14e5e641597c%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0002/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-40690?
CVE-2021-40690 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-40690?
To fix CVE-2021-40690, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-40690 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-40690 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-40690?
CVE-2021-40690 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario.
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