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Apache Solr security advisory: CVE-2017-12629

Type: advisorySources: Apache Solr security

Apache Solr users are advised to disable Config API edits and remap the XML Query Parser as mitigations. The RunExecutableListener removal and XML Parser fix are planned for 7.1; no fixed release is available in this announcement.

Products
Apache Solr
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2017-12629
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
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30 Oct 2026, 22:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Apache Solr security advisory: CVE-2017-12629

official-apache-solr-security · Original source

Published 12 Oct 2017, 00:00 UTC

Apache Solr users are advised to disable Config API edits and remap the XML Query Parser as mitigations. The RunExecutableListener removal and XML Parser fix are planned for 7.1; no fixed release is available in this announcement.

Until fixes are available, all Solr users are advised to restart their Solr instances with the system property -Ddisable.configEdit=true.

Apache Solr

Fixed versions: Not specified

Prerequisites: restart their Solr instances with the system property -Ddisable.configEdit=true; remap the XML Query Parser to another parser

Complete source record
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  "id": "f5fefc0eddf6711ad9ab2821a3652f323b017c2584ccaa06affecfe0d06c5bec",
  "url": "https://solr.apache.org/solr-security-please-secure-your-apache-solr-servers-since-a-zero-day-exploit-has-been-reported-on-a-public-mailing-list.html",
  "method": "llm",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Apache Solr security advisory: CVE-2017-12629",
    "summary": "Apache Solr users are advised to disable Config API edits and remap the XML Query Parser as mitigations. The RunExecutableListener removal and XML Parser fix are planned for 7.1; no fixed release is available in this announcement.",
    "evidence": "Until fixes are available, all Solr users are advised to restart their Solr instances with the system property -Ddisable.configEdit=true.",
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          },
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            "value": "remap the XML Query Parser to another parser",
            "evidence": "Users are also advised to remap the XML Query Parser to another parser to mitigate the XXE vulnerability"
          }
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        "affected_versions": []
      }
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    "severity": "unknown",
    "fixed_cves": [],
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12629",
        "evidence": "This has been assigned a public CVE (CVE-2017-12629)"
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  },
  "source_id": "official-apache-solr-security",
  "document_id": 23000,
  "published_at": "2017-10-12T00:00:00+00:00"
}