CVE-2013-6440

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6440
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-14 15:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.027520000 probability, percentile 0.846030000 (date 2026-07-21)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Internet2 Opensaml 2.0 All All All
Application Internet2 Opensaml 2.1.0 All All All
Application Internet2 Opensaml 2.2.0 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.4.0 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.4.1 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.4.2 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.4.3 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.5.0 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.5.1 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.5.2 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml 2.5.3 All All All
Application Shibboleth Opensaml All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
1043332 – (CVE-2013-6440) CVE-2013-6440 XMLTooling-J/OpenSAML Java: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw in ParserPool and Decrypter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20131213.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 shibboleth.net
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Web-based Single Sign-On and the Dangers of SAML XML Parsing - SendSafely af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.sendsafely.com
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