XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package apache-nifi  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-APACHENIFI-6862037
  • published17 May 2024
  • disclosed3 Dec 2020

Introduced: 3 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-25649  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Chainguard security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Chainguard:latest.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache-nifi package and not the apache-nifi package as distributed by Chainguard.

A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity.

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