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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12400

However, if some untrusted code can register a malicious implementation with the thread context class loader first, then this implementation might be cached and re-used by Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java, leading to potential security flaws…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.78%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In version 2.0.3 Apache Santuario XML Security for Java, a caching mechanism was introduced to speed up creating new XML documents using a static pool of DocumentBuilders. However, if some untrusted code can register a malicious implementation with the thread context class loader first, then this implementation might be cached and re-used by Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java, leading to potential security flaws when validating signed documents, etc. The vulnerability affects Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java 2.0.x releases from 2.0.3 and all 2.1.x releases before 2.1.4.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.78% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
apache/santuario xml security for java · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · oracle/weblogic server
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.