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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-23463

The package com.h2database:h2 from 1.4.198 and before 2.0.202 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLXML class object, when it receives parsed string data from org.h2.jdbc.JdbcResultSet.getSQLXML() method. If it executes the getSource() method when the parameter is DOMSource.class it will trigger the vulnerability.

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CVE-2021-23463
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31 Oct 2026, 11:40 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-23463

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Dec 2021, 20:15 UTC

The package com.h2database:h2 from 1.4.198 and before 2.0.202 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLXML class object, when it receives parsed string data from org.h2.jdbc.JdbcResultSet.getSQLXML() method. If it executes the getSource() method when the parameter is DOMSource.class it will trigger the vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2021-23463
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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        "https://github.com/h2database/h2database/commit/d83285fd2e48fb075780ee95badee6f5a15ea7f8%23diff-008c2e4462609982199cd83e7cf6f1d6b41296b516783f6752c44b9f15dc7bc3",
        "https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3195",
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