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 s

Summary

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.

Timeline

1. Aug 23, 2019, 8:30 PM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 4, 2024, 11:17 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Apache Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java

  All 2.0.x releases from 2.0.3, all 2.1.x releases before 2.1.4.

• org.apache.santuario:xmlsecMaven

  From 2.0.3 · fixed in 2.1.4

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