Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java may affect Cúram Social Program Management (CVE-2021-40690)

Summary

IBM Cúram Social Program Management uses the Apache Santuario XML Security for Java libraries, for which there is a publicly known vulnerability. For this vulnerability Apache Santuario XML Security for Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper passing of the “secureValidation” property when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-40690
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Santuario XML Security for Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper passing of the “secureValidation” property when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209586 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

8.0.1

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 8.0.1 or a subsequent 8.0.1 release.
Cúram SPM|

7.0.11

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 7.0.11_iFix6 or a subsequent 7.0.11 release.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For information about all other versions, contact IBM Cúram Social Program Management customer support.