GHSA-86p9-x5pw-94qxHighCVSS 8.8
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in iText
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
🎯 Affected products3
- maven/com.itextpdf:itextpdf:< 5.5.12
- maven/com.itextpdf:itextpdf:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.3
- maven/com.lowagie:itext:<= 4.2.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9096
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03902en_us
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2017-017_itext_xml_external_entity_attack.txt
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541483/100/0/threaded
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86p9-x5pw-94qx