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high 8.6

CVE-2024-45294 json

`org.hl7.fhir.core` XXE vulnerability in XSLT transforms

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-2732 , GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf

cvss
8.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The HL7 FHIR Core Artifacts repository provides the java core object handling code, with utilities (including validator), for the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) specification. Prior to version 6.3.23, XSLT transforms performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where org.hl7.fhir.core is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. This issue has been patched in release 6.3.23. No known workarounds are available.

Patch / fix

  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may 6.3.23
  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 6.3.23
  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4 6.3.23
  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4b 6.3.23
  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5 6.3.23
  • maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.utilities 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.r5 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.r4b 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.r4 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 6.3.23
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may 6.3.23

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-45294 updated cvss 8.6

org.hl7.fhir.core: org.hl7.fhir.dstu3: org.hl7.fhir.r4: org.hl7.fhir.r4b: org.hl7.fhir.r5: org.hl7.fhir.utilities: XXE vulnerability in XSLT transforms in `org.hl7.fhir.core`

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 org.hl7.fhir.r4, org.hl7.fhir.r5, org.hl7.fhir.dstu3, org.hl7.fhir.utilities, org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 org.hl7.fhir.r4, org.hl7.fhir.r5, org.hl7.fhir.dstu3, org.hl7.fhir.utilities, org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may, ca.uhn.hapi.fhir-org.hl7.fhir.core ca.uhn.hapi.fhir-org.hl7.fhir.core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 3.20.7 for Spring Boot
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6883
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:7052
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.3 for Spring Boot
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8064
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus org.hl7.fhir.r4, org.hl7.fhir.r5, org.hl7.fhir.dstu3, org.hl7.fhir.utilities, org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may
<6.3.23
6.3.23
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3
<6.3.23
6.3.23
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4
<6.3.23
6.3.23
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4b
<6.3.23
6.3.23
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5
<6.3.23
6.3.23
maven ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities
<6.3.23
6.3.23

Affected products

  • hapifhir org.hl7.fhir.core

Classification

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

References

Sources

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