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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-41411

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:33 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-41411

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jun 2022, 10:15 UTC

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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