CVE-2024-52007

Description

### Summary XSLT parsing performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY example SYSTEM "/etc/passwd"> ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.core is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. ### Details This is related to https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf, in which its fix ( https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/issues/1571, https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/pull/1717) was incomplete. ### References https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j

How to fix CVE-2024-52007

To remediate CVE-2024-52007, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
• —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later

Is CVE-2024-52007 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (6)

• from 0, < 6.4.0
• from 0, < 6.4.0
• from 0, < 6.4.0
• from 0, < 6.4.0
• from 0, < 6.4.0
• from 0, < 6.4.0

CVSS scores

References (8)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52007
• PATCHgithub.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core
• WEBcheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j
• WEBcwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html