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Posted to announce@apache.org by "fanningpj@apache.org" <fa...@apache.org> on 2021/01/14 13:10:28 UTC

CVE-2021-23926: XMLBeans XML Entity Expansion

Description:

The XML parsers used by XMLBeans up to version 2.6.0 did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious XML input. Vulnerabilities include possibilities for XML Entity Expansion attacks.

Affects XMLBeans up to and including v2.6.0. It is recommended to upgrade to at least v3.0.0 but v4.0.0 is recommended. This upgrade is not expected to be difficult for most users.


This issue is being tracked as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-517


References:

https://poi.apache.org/
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-517