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.
Published: 2021-09-19
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2767-1 libxml-security-java security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5010-1 libxml-security-java security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2083 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Santuario
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5525-1 Apache XML Security for Java vulnerability
References
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3f5ba9b0de8c9c125077b71af06026d344a709a8ba67db81ee9faa%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r401ecb7274794f040cd757b259ebe3e8c463ae74f7961209ccad3c59%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a5c0ce9014bd07303aec1e5eed55951704878016465d3dae00e0c28%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c100d53c84d54cf71975e3f0cfcc2856a8846554a04c99390156ce4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf352f95c19c0c4051af3180752cb69acbea88d0d066ab176c6170e8%40%3Cuser.poi.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbbac0759b12472abd0c278d32b5e0867bb21934df8e14e5e641597c%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdac116aef912b563da54f4c152222c0754e32fb2f785519ac5e059f%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re294cfc61f509512874ea514d8d64fd276253d54ac378ffa7a4880c8%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40690 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0002/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40690 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7
Vendors & Products Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.487Z

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40690

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-19T18:15:07.223

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:34.267

Link: CVE-2021-40690

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-09-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-40690 - Bugzilla

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