CVE-2024-52807

Summary

The HL7 FHIR IG publisher is a tool to take a set of inputs and create a standard FHIR IG. Prior to version 1.7.4, XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.publisher is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. A previous release provided an incomplete solution revealed by new testing. This issue has been patched as of version 1.7.4. No known workarounds are available.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-611: CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/security/advisories/GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm
• https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/commit/3560de2f486d688a3ddcf4aa54d8bdacea380c3d
• https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/compare/1.7.3…1.7.4

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