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libxml-security-java — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40690

All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.

Products
libxml-security-java
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.1.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-40690
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40690

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Sept 2021, 18:15 UTC

All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40690

libxml-security-java

Fixed versions: 2.1.7-1

libxml-security-java

Fixed versions: 2.1.7-1

libxml-security-java

Fixed versions: 2.1.7-1

Complete source record
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