GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-42wx-65g4-5cxv Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache NiFi

CRITICAL Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2023-09-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2018-1309
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.nifi:nifi-standard-processors
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2022-06-29

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.nifi:nifi-standard-processors: >= 0.1.0, < 1.6.0 → fixed in 1.6.0

Description

Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2018-1309 Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References