CVE-2021-40690
libxml-security-java - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-40690
To remediate CVE-2021-40690, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.10-2+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.8-2+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.10-2+deb10u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.3 or later
Is CVE-2021-40690 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.0.10-2+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.5.8-2+deb9u1
- from 0, < 2.0.10-2+deb10u1
- >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |