Improper input validation in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Aug 27, 2019
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.0.3, < 2.1.4
Patched versions
2.1.4
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 23, 2019
Reviewed
Aug 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Aug 27, 2019
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
In version 2.0.3 Apache Santuario XML Security for Java, a caching mechanism was introduced to speed up creating new XML documents using a static pool of DocumentBuilders. However, if some untrusted code can register a malicious implementation with the thread context class loader first, then this implementation might be cached and re-used by Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java, leading to potential security flaws when validating signed documents, etc. The vulnerability affects Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java 2.0.x releases from 2.0.3 and all 2.1.x releases before 2.1.4.
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