GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-92wj-x78c-m4fx XML External Entity Reference in Apache Karaf

CRITICAL Published 2019-01-07 Modified 2023-09-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2018-11788
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml
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
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.2 → fixed in 4.2.2 • Maven org.apache.karaf.specs:org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml: < 4.1.7 → fixed in 4.1.7

Description

Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy folder. The features XML is parsed by XMLInputFactory class. Apache Karaf XMLInputFactory class doesn't contain any mitigation codes against XXE. This is a potential security risk as an user can inject external XML entities in Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 or 4.2.2. It has been fixed in Apache Karaf 4.1.7 and 4.2.2 releases.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2018-11788 Apache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References