jackson-dataformat-xml vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) · CVE-2016-3720 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

jackson-dataformat-xml vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 18, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 8, 2023

Package

com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.7.4

Patched versions

2.7.4

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in XmlMapper in the Data format extension for Jackson (aka jackson-dataformat-xml) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 18, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Jan 8, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H