# CVE-2026-54640: OpenRemote: XXE in KNXProtocol.startAssetImport() allows arbitrary file read via unprotected XMLInputFactory

- Also known as: GHSA-7V6W-C3F4-9WPQ
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.2
- Published: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- openremote: fixed in 1.24.2
- io.openremote openremote-manager: fixed in 1.24.2
- io.openremote:openremote-agent (Maven): fixed in 1.24.2

## Description

OpenRemote is an open-source internet-of-things platform. Prior to 1.24.2, the KNXProtocol.startAssetImport method in agent/src/main/java/org/openremote/agent/protocol/knx/KNXProtocol.java processes 0.xml from an authenticated user's uploaded ETS project ZIP with Saxon TransformerFactoryImpl and XMLInputFactory parsers that permit external entity resolution. This incomplete remediation of CVE-2026-40882 leaves the KNX handler unprotected while the parallel Velbus handler is hardened, allowing a regular realm user to read files accessible to the JVM process or cause server-side requests. This issue is fixed in version 1.24.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openremote, io.openremote openremote-manager, io.openremote:openremote-agent, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openremote/core/security/advisories/GHSA-7v6w-c3f4-9wpq
- https://github.com/openremote/core/commit/c28d3c60ebc2da68d9b6c4a6d7a5ad875a255ee9
- https://github.com/openremote/core/releases/tag/1.24.2

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