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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-21680

Jenkins Nested View Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML transformer to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

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CVEs
CVE-2021-21680
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1 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-21680

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Aug 2021, 14:15 UTC

Jenkins Nested View Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML transformer to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

osv:CVE-2021-21680
Complete source record
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  "document_id": 429961,
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