High

OpenNMS Horizon XXE Injection Vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 11.08.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

XXE injection in /rtc/post/ endpoint in OpenNMS Horizon 31.0.8 and versions earlier than 32.0.2 on multiple platforms is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection, which can be used for instance to force Horizon to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal and external services. The solution is to upgrade to Meridian 2023.1.6, 2022.1.19, 2021.1.30, 2020.1.38 or Horizon 32.0.2 or newer. Meridian and Horizon installation instructions state that they are intended for installation within an organization's private networks and should not be directly accessible from the Internet.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.opennms.core:org.opennms.core.xml >= 31.0.8, < 32.0.2 32.0.2

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.opennms.core:org.opennms.core.xml
Disclosed
11.08.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2qc8-r663-v864 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.opennms.core:org.opennms.core.xml

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