CVE-2018-1309

CRITICAL9.8EPSS 3.7%

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache NiFi

Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 2/16/2024
Also known as:GHSA-42wx-65g4-5cxv

Description

Apache NiFi External XML Entity issue in SplitXML processor. Malicious XML content could cause information disclosure or remote code execution. The fix to disable external general entity parsing and disallow doctype declarations was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1CRITICAL9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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