High 7.5Published Sep 18, 2021

CVE-2021-40690Bypass of the secureValidation property

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:30 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario

Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apache
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario apache_software_foundation:apache_santuario (from the name)	from XML Security for Java before 2.2.3,2.1.7	CNA record
apache santuario_xml_security_for_java apache:santuario_xml_security_for_java	before 2.1.7; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3	NVD
apache cxf apache:cxf	3.4.4	NVD
apache tomee apache:tomee	before 8.0.8	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	9.0; 10.0; 11.0	NVD
oracle agile_product_lifecycle_management oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management	9.3.6	NVD
oracle commerce_guided_search oracle:commerce_guided_search	11.3.2	NVD
oracle commerce_platform oracle:commerce_platform	11.3.2	NVD
oracle communications_diameter_intelligence_hub oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub	from 8.0.0 through 8.1.0; from 8.2.0 through 8.2.3	NVD
oracle communications_messaging_server oracle:communications_messaging_server	8.1	NVD
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References

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdac116aef912b563da54f4c152222c0754e32fb2f785519ac5e059f%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re294cfc61f509512874ea514d8d64fd276253d54ac378ffa7a4880c8%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a5c0ce9014bd07303aec1e5eed55951704878016465d3dae00e0c28%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c100d53c84d54cf71975e3f0cfcc2856a8846554a04c99390156ce4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3f5ba9b0de8c9c125077b71af06026d344a709a8ba67db81ee9faa%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf352f95c19c0c4051af3180752cb69acbea88d0d066ab176c6170e8%40%3Cuser.poi.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r401ecb7274794f040cd757b259ebe3e8c463ae74f7961209ccad3c59%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbbac0759b12472abd0c278d32b5e0867bb21934df8e14e5e641597c%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E	mailing-list
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