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[jira] [Commented] (TINKERPOP-2602) XML External Entity (XXE)
vulnerability
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Sarang commented on TINKERPOP-2602:
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Thanks Stephen for a quick response. When can I anticipate the maven artifact be available for general use for versions 3.4.13, 3.5.2, 3.6.0?
> XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
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> Key: TINKERPOP-2602
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-2602
> Project: TinkerPop
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: structure
> Affects Versions: 3.4.11
> Environment: OpenJDK11, openjre-slim docker image
> Reporter: Sarang
> Priority: Major
> Labels: None
>
> Found this from a security vulnerability scan. The following usage in gremlin-core package allows reading XML input stream and could potentially lead to XXE attack.
> In general, when XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser, it can lead to an XML external entity (XXE) attack.
> [https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/blob/master/gremlin-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/structure/io/graphml/GraphMLReader.java#L396]
> More details on the vulnerability: [https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing]
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