high
7.5
CWE
200
Advisory Published
CVE Published
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Updated

CVE-2021-40690: Bypass of the secureValidation property

First published: Fri Sep 17 2021(Updated: )

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.

Credit: security@apache.org security@apache.org security@apache.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
maven/org.apache.santuario:xmlsec<2.1.7
2.1.7
maven/org.apache.santuario:xmlsec>=2.2.0<2.2.3
2.2.3
redhat/eap7-apache-cxf<0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-ironjacamar<0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-jakarta-el<0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el6ea
0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-ejb-client<0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-server-migration<0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el6ea
0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-jsoup<0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el6ea
0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-resteasy<0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-undertow<0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly<0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6ea
0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly-elytron<0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-wss4j<0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-xml-security<0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6ea
redhat/eap7-apache-cxf<0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-ironjacamar<0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-jakarta-el<0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el7ea
0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-ejb-client<0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-server-migration<0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el7ea
0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-jsoup<0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7ea
0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-resteasy<0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-undertow<0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly<0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7ea
0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly-elytron<0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-wss4j<0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-xml-security<0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ea
redhat/eap7-apache-cxf<0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:3.3.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-ironjacamar<0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:1.5.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-jakarta-el<0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el8ea
0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00007.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-ejb-client<0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:4.0.43-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-jboss-server-migration<0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el8ea
0:1.7.2-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-jsoup<0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8ea
0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-resteasy<0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:3.11.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-undertow<0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:2.0.41-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly<0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8ea
0:7.3.10-2.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-wildfly-elytron<0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:1.10.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-wss4j<0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:2.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/eap7-xml-security<0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
0:2.1.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ea
redhat/rh-sso7-keycloak<0:15.0.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7
0:15.0.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7
redhat/rh-sso7-keycloak<0:15.0.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8
0:15.0.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8
redhat/redhat-sso<7-sso75-openshift-rhel8
7-sso75-openshift-rhel8
debian/libxml-security-java
2.0.10-2+deb10u1
2.0.10-2+deb11u1
2.1.7-3
redhat/xmlsec-2.1.7 xmlsec<2.2.3
2.2.3
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy<=6.0.0.06.0.1.06.0.2.06.0.3.0
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy<=6.1.0.0
Apache Santuario<2.1.7
Apache Santuario>=2.2.0<2.2.3
Apache CXF=3.4.4
Apache TomEE<8.0.8
Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Linux=10.0
Debian Linux=11.0
Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management Framework=9.3.6
Oracle Commerce=11.3.2
Oracle Commerce=11.3.2
Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub>=8.0.0<=8.1.0
Oracle Communications Diameter Intelligence Hub>=8.2.0<=8.2.3
Sun iPlanet Messaging Server=8.1
Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking=12.1.0
Oracle Outside In Technology=8.5.5
Oracle PeopleTools=8.58
Oracle PeopleTools=8.59
Oracle Retail Bulk Data Integration=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=15.0.3.1
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Financial Integration=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=15.0.3.1
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Integration Bus=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Merchandising System=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Merchandising System=19.0.1
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=14.1.3.2
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=15.0.3.1
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=16.0.3
Oracle Retail Service Backbone=19.0.1
Oracle WebLogic Server=12.2.1.4.0
Oracle WebLogic Server=14.1.1.0.0

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3f5ba9b0de8c9c125077b71af06026d344a709a8ba67db81ee9faa@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a5c0ce9014bd07303aec1e5eed55951704878016465d3dae00e0c28@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c100d53c84d54cf71975e3f0cfcc2856a8846554a04c99390156ce4@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf352f95c19c0c4051af3180752cb69acbea88d0d066ab176c6170e8@%3Cuser.poi.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdac116aef912b563da54f4c152222c0754e32fb2f785519ac5e059f@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re294cfc61f509512874ea514d8d64fd276253d54ac378ffa7a4880c8@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2021-40690?

    CVE-2021-40690 is classified as a medium-severity vulnerability affecting specific versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java.

  • How do I fix CVE-2021-40690?

    To mitigate CVE-2021-40690, upgrade to Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java version 2.2.3 or 2.1.7.

  • What are the affected versions of CVE-2021-40690?

    All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are affected by CVE-2021-40690.

  • What types of attacks are possible due to CVE-2021-40690?

    CVE-2021-40690 could potentially allow an attacker to exploit an improper validation issue during the creation of KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element.

  • Which products could be impacted by CVE-2021-40690?

    Products using vulnerable versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java, including certain IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and Red Hat products, may be impacted by CVE-2021-40690.

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