hl7/fhir-ig-publisher · Security
XXE vulnerability in XSLT parsing in `org.hl7.fhir.publisher`
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-52807
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 8.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 8.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Impact
XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.publisher is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML.
A previous release provided an incomplete solution revealed by new testing.
Patches
This issue has been patched as of version 1.7.4
Workarounds
None
References
Previous Advisory for Incomplete solution MITRE CWE OWASP XML External Entity Prevention Cheat Sheet
CWEs
- CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
- https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/security/advisories/GHSA-59rq-22fm-x8q5 ↗
- https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/security/advisories/GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52807 ↗
- https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/compare/1.7.3...1.7.4 ↗
- https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/commit/3560de2f486d688a3ddcf4aa54d8bdacea380c3d ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm ↗