CVE-2021-40690 (GCVE-0-2021-40690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-19 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:24
VLAI
Title
Bypass of the secureValidation property
Summary
All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-08 21:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1010 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario Affected: XML Security for Java , < 2.2.3,2.1.7 (custom)
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Credits
An Trinh, Calif.
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