CVE-2021-23901 (GCVE-0-2021-23901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-25 09:25 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27- CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
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| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r090321840b4… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-2841 | x_refsource_MISC |
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| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021051… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Nutch |
Affected:
Apache Nutch , ≤ 1.17
(custom)
|
guessed |
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