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medium 5.3

CVE-2021-41042 json

XML External Entity Reference in Eclipse Lyo

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-6296-mvgp-27hp , EUVD-2022-6255

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Eclipse Lyo versions 1.0.0 to 4.1.0, a TransformerFactory is initialized with the defaults that do not restrict DTD loading when working with RDF/XML. This allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.eclipse.lyo:lyo-parent 5.0.0.Final

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.eclipse.org https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/issues/287 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.eclipse.lyo:lyo-parent
>=1.0.0, <5.0.0.Final
5.0.0.Final

Affected products

  • The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Lyo

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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