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CVE-2019-12400

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 Docum…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheSantuario Xml Security For Java
from 2.0.3 through 2.0.10
from 2.1.0 before 2.1.4
RedhatJboss Enterprise Application Platform
Version 7.2
OracleWeblogic Server
Versions 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0

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