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 DocumentBuilders. However, if some untrusted
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-23 20:30Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-05-28
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1be5042e71b4603ead05cd76dffc5520cbf03da475bec74f8828061e840440c1
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.org[santuario-dev] 20190905 Re: [CVE-2019-12400] Apache Santuario potentially loads XML parsing code from an untrusted sourcehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8e814b925bf580bc527d96ff51e72ffe5bdeaa4b8bf5b89498cab24c%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[santuario-dev] 20190906 Re: [CVE-2019-12400] Apache Santuario potentially loads XML parsing code from an untrusted sourcehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/edaa7edb9c58e5f5bd0c950f2b6232b62b15f5c44ad803e8728308ce%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0806https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0811https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0804https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0805https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200324 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-2791) TomEE plus(7.0.7) is affected by CVE-2019-12400 vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcdc0da94fe21b26493eae47ca987a290bdf90c721a7a42491fdd41d4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200720 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-2885) Update Apache XML Security for Java to mitigate CVE-2019-12400https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf82be0a7c98cd3545e20817bb96ed05551ea0020acbaf9a469fef402%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200720 [jira] [Assigned] (TOMEE-2885) Update Apache XML Security for Java to mitigate CVE-2019-12400https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r107bffb06a5e27457fe9af7dfe3a233d0d36c6c2f5122f117eb7f626%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200720 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-2885) Update Apache XML Security for Java to mitigate CVE-2019-12400https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf958cea96236de8829940109ae07e870aa3d59235345421e4924ff03%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[santuario-commits] 20210917 svn commit: r1076843 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html javaindex.html secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc secadv.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- santuario.apache.orghttp://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1566573083000&api=v2
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190910-0003/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 2.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 2.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 2.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libxml-security-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libxml-security-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libxml-security-java No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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