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CVE

CVE-2021-23926

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in Apache XMLBeans

Description

The XML parsers used by XMLBeans up to version 2.6.0 did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious XML input. Vulnerabilities include possibilities for XML Entity Expansion attacks. Affects XMLBeans up to and including v2.6.0.

Base CVSS

9.1

EPSS Score

0.32%

Introduced Version

Fix Available

3.0.0

Fix without Upgrading

Available Patches

Package

CVEs Fixed

Lines of Code Changed

Package Name

org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2dc5588009dc9f0310b7382269f932cc96cae4c3901b747dda1a7fed@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00024.html

https://poi.apache.org

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23926

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb01d10512098894cd5f22325588197532c64f1c818ea7e4120d40c1@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-517

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0004

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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