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 18:15:07
Updated 2023-08-18 14:15:19
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Vulnerability category: Information leak

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-40690

0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 44 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-40690

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.9
3.6
NIST
7.5
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A
N/A
Oracle:CPUOct2023

CWE ids for CVE-2021-40690

References for CVE-2021-40690

Products affected by CVE-2021-40690

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