Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Santuario
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.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.santuario:xmlsec | >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, < 2.1.7 | 2.2.3, 2.1.7 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40690
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3f5ba9b0de8c9c125077b71af06026d344a709a8ba67db81ee9faa@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r401ecb7274794f040cd757b259ebe3e8c463ae74f7961209ccad3c59@%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a5c0ce9014bd07303aec1e5eed55951704878016465d3dae00e0c28@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c100d53c84d54cf71975e3f0cfcc2856a8846554a04c99390156ce4@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf352f95c19c0c4051af3180752cb69acbea88d0d066ab176c6170e8@%3Cuser.poi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbbac0759b12472abd0c278d32b5e0867bb21934df8e14e5e641597c@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdac116aef912b563da54f4c152222c0754e32fb2f785519ac5e059f@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re294cfc61f509512874ea514d8d64fd276253d54ac378ffa7a4880c8@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0002
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.santuario:xmlsec- Disclosed
- 20.09.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:19
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j8wc-gxx9-82hx - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.santuario:xmlsec
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 8
- First → latest
- 08.2019 10.2023
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 1
- Medium 7
Disclosures per year
- 2019: 1
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 5
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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