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FKIE_CVE-2021-43577

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-12 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:11

Severity

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Summary

Jenkins OWASP Dependency-Check Plugin 5.1.1 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

References

URL	Tags
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/12/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com	https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-12/#SECURITY-2488	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/12/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-12/#SECURITY-2488	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	jenkins	owasp_dependency-check	*

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:11:10.067",
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CVE-2021-43577 (GCVE-0-2021-43577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-12 10:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:03

Summary

Jenkins OWASP Dependency-Check Plugin 5.1.1 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

jenkins mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/12/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Jenkins project	Jenkins OWASP Dependency-Check Plugin	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 5.1.1 (custom) Unknown: next of 5.1.1 , < unspecified (custom)

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Sightings

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