CVE-2021-40690

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Apache Software FoundationApache SantuarioXML Security for Java < 2.2.3,2.1.7affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-200: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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