Critical
Security advisory
drools <=7.59.x is affected by an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in KieModuleMarshaller.java. The Validator class is not used correctly, resulting in the XXE injection vulnerability.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41411
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drools <=7.59.x is affected by an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in KieModuleMarshaller.java. The Validator class is not used correctly, resulting in the XXE injection vulnerability.
osv:CVE-2021-41411
Complete source record
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