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CVE-2021-40690

Vendordebian, oracle, apacheProductdebian linux, peoplesoft enterprise peopletools, agile product lifecycle management, weblogic server, retail merchandising system, retail integration bus, outside in technology, flexcube private banking, agile plm, retail service backbone, cxf, tomee, communications messaging server, commerce platform, santuario xml security for java, retail bulk data integration, retail financial integration, commerce guided search, communications diameter intelligence hubDiscoveredSep 19, 2021UpdatedAug 25, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
7.44%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 19, 2021
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Aug 25, 2026