Headline
GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm: XXE vulnerability in XSLT parsing in `org.hl7.fhir.publisher`
Impact
XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.publisher is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML.
A previous release provided an incomplete solution revealed by new testing.
Patches
This issue has been patched as of version 1.7.4
Workarounds
None
References
Previous Advisory for Incomplete solution MITRE CWE OWASP XML External Entity Prevention Cheat Sheet
Package
maven org.hl7.fhir.publisher:org.hl7.fhir.publisher.cli (Maven)
Affected versions
< 1.7.4
Patched versions
1.7.4
maven org.hl7.fhir.publisher:org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core (Maven)
< 1.7.4
1.7.4
Description
Impact
XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( ]> could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.publisher is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML.
A previous release provided an incomplete solution revealed by new testing.
Patches
This issue has been patched as of version 1.7.4
Workarounds
None
References
Previous Advisory for Incomplete solution
MITRE CWE
OWASP XML External Entity Prevention Cheat Sheet
References
- GHSA-59rq-22fm-x8q5
- GHSA-8c3x-hq82-gjcm
dotasek published to HL7/fhir-ig-publisher
Jan 24, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jan 24, 2025
Reviewed
Jan 24, 2025
Last updated
Jan 24, 2025