CVE-2021-40690: Apache Bypass of the secureValidation property
This Apache advisory covers CVE-2021-40690 in Apache Santuario.
- CVE-2021-40690
Key facts
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 2.2.3,2.1.7
- Fixed in
- 2.2.3,2.1.7
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
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.
Text from the source record.
- Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 2.2.3,2.1.7
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2021-40690
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Apache:
- 2.2.3,2.1.7
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