Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43577",
  "method": "structured",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-43577",
    "summary": "Jenkins OWASP Dependency-Check Plugin 5.1.1 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43577",
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    "severity": "high",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:04.573581009Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-12/#SECURITY-2488"
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        "value": "CVE-2021-43577",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440542,
  "published_at": "2021-11-12T11:15:08.287+00:00"
}