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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-44145

In the TransformXML processor of Apache NiFi before 1.15.1 an authenticated user could configure an XSLT file which, if it included malicious external entity calls, may reveal sensitive information.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-44145

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2021, 09:15 UTC

In the TransformXML processor of Apache NiFi before 1.15.1 an authenticated user could configure an XSLT file which, if it included malicious external entity calls, may reveal sensitive information.

osv:CVE-2021-44145
Complete source record
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  "id": "5795732d99420dd13e16ef3d722d859fd270077c59a0f8a668f7e87aa08abe71",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44145",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44145",
    "summary": "In the TransformXML processor of Apache NiFi before 1.15.1 an authenticated user could configure an XSLT file which, if it included malicious external entity calls, may reveal sensitive information.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44145",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-44145",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-nifi-2021-44145",
        "CVE-2021-44145",
        "GHSA-rq96-qhc5-vm4r"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/nifi",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2a756372fc7097ece6258c2af47b9a5f26384b02"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.15.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "rel/nifi-1.15.0",
            "nifi-1.15.0-RC3",
            "rel/nifi-1.2.0",
            "nifi-1.2.0-RC2",
            "docker/nifi-1.2.0",
            "rel/nifi-1.1.0",
            "nifi-1.1.0-RC2",
            "nifi-0.6.0-RC2",
            "nifi-0.6.0",
            "nifi-0.4.1-RC1",
            "nifi-0.4.1",
            "nifi-0.2.0-incubating-RC1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44145.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:15.116809963Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#1.15.1-vulnerabilities"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44145",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429105,
  "published_at": "2021-12-17T09:15:07.117+00:00"
}