CVE-2021-40690
high-risk
Published 2021-09-19
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.28% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Santuario Xml Security For Java
Tomee
Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub
References (28)
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010
and 8 more references
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
23/34 · High