High
Security advisory
Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin 3.7.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-21642
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin 3.7.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
osv:CVE-2021-21642
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21642",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "CVE-2021-21642",
"summary": "Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin 3.7.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-21642",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
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"affected": [
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"config-file-provider-3.0",
"config-file-provider-2.18",
"config-file-provider-2.17",
"config-file-provider-2.16.4",
"config-file-provider-2.16.3",
"config-file-provider-2.16.2",
"config-file-provider-2.16.1",
"config-file-provider-2.16.0",
"config-file-provider-2.15.7",
"config-file-provider-2.15.6",
"config-file-provider-2.15.5",
"config-file-provider-2.15.4",
"config-file-provider-2.15.3",
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"config-file-provider-2.15.2-beta",
"config-file-provider-2.15.1",
"config-file-provider-2.15",
"config-file-provider-2.14.2-beta",
"config-file-provider-2.14.1-beta",
"config-file-provider-2.14-beta",
"config-file-provider-2.13",
"config-file-provider-2.12",
"config-file-provider-2.11",
"config-file-provider-2.10.1",
"config-file-provider-2.10.0",
"config-file-provider-2.9.3",
"config-file-provider-2.9.2",
"config-file-provider-2.9.1",
"2.8.1",
"config-file-provider-2.7.5",
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"config-file-provider-2.7.3",
"config-file-provider-2.7.2",
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],
"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.443736309Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-04-21/#SECURITY-2204"
],
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},
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 435379,
"published_at": "2021-04-21T15:15:08.287+00:00"
}