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CVE-2021-40690

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified

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.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · apache, debian, oracleNVD modified 2026-10-08 22:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 32

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_platform:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_messaging_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:flexcube_private_banking:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:outside_in_technology:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_bulk_data_integration:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_financial_integration:14.1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_financial_integration:15.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_financial_integration:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_financial_integration:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_integration_bus:14.1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_integration_bus:15.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_integration_bus:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_integration_bus:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_merchandising_system:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_merchandising_system:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_service_backbone:14.1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_service_backbone:15.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_service_backbone:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_service_backbone:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:14.1.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 28