CVE-2021-40690

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40690
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-19 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionAll 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cxf 3.4.4 All All All
Application Apache Santuario Xml Security For Java All All All All
Application Apache Tomee All All All All
Application Apache Xml Security For Java All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Agile Plm 9.3.6 All All All
Application Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Commerce Platform 11.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.1 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Private Banking 12.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.5 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.58 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.59 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Bulk Data Integration 16.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Financial Integration 14.1.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Financial Integration 15.0.3.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Financial Integration 16.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Financial Integration 19.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 14.1.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 15.0.3.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 16.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 19.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Merchandising System 16.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Merchandising System 19.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Service Backbone 14.1.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Service Backbone 15.0.3.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Service Backbone 16.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Service Backbone 19.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Weblogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Weblogic Server 14.1.1.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[tomee-commits] 20210923 [jira] [Assigned] (TOMEE-3798) TomEE (8.0.8) is affected by CVE-2021-40690 vulnerability lists.apache.org
CVE-2021-40690 Apache XML Security for Java Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[tomee-commits] 20211028 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-3798) TomEE (8.0.8) is affected by CVE-2021-40690 vulnerability lists.apache.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5010-1 libxml-security-java DEBIAN www.debian.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[poi-user] 20210923 Re: CVE-2021-40690 on xmlsec jar lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2767-1] libxml-security-java security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[tomee-commits] 20210922 [tomee] 02/02: Update xmlsec to 2.2.3 to mitigate CVE-2021-40690 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[tomee-commits] 20210923 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-3798) TomEE (8.0.8) is affected by CVE-2021-40690 vulnerability lists.apache.org
[tomee-commits] 20210923 [jira] [Resolved] (TOMEE-3798) TomEE (8.0.8) is affected by CVE-2021-40690 vulnerability lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[tomee-commits] 20210923 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-3798) TomEE (8.0.8) is affected by CVE-2021-40690 vulnerability lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[cxf-issues] 20211027 [jira] [Created] (CXF-8613) High Security issues reported with Apache Santuario library bundled in CXF 3.4.4 lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: An Trinh, Calif.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178811 Debian Security Update for libxml-security-java (DLA 2767-1)
  • 178899 Debian Security Update for libxml-security-java (DSA 5010-1)
  • 182723 Debian Security Update for libxml-security-java (CVE-2021-40690)
  • 198870 Ubuntu Security Notification for Apache Extensible Markup Language (XML) Security for Java Vulnerability (USN-5525-1)
  • 239965 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.10 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2021:5150)
  • 239966 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.10 on RHEL 8 (RHSA-2021:5151)
  • 239967 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.10 on RHEL 6 (RHSA-2021:5149)
  • 376547 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2022)
  • 730577 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Extensible Markup Language (XML) Security Vulnerability (JRASERVER-73580)
  • 730639 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Abuse XPath Transform Vulnerability (JRASERVER-74420)
  • 87496 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJUL2022)
  • 980105 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.santuario:xmlsec (GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx)
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