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HAPI FHIR CVE-2024-51132

CRITICAL
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)
2024-11-05 cve@mitre.org
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 05, 2024 - 17:15 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 93 maven packages depend on ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.convertors (5 direct, 88 indirect)
  • 111 maven packages depend on ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2 (3 direct, 108 indirect)
  • 110 maven packages depend on ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may (3 direct, 107 indirect)
  • 112 maven packages depend on ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 (4 direct, 108 indirect)
  • 123 maven packages depend on ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4 (4 direct, 119 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 6.4.0 and other introduced versions.

DescriptionCVE.org

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in HAPI FHIR before v6.4.0 allows attackers to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted request containing malicious XML entities.

AnalysisAI

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in HAPI FHIR before v6.4.0 allows attackers to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted request containing malicious. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in HAPI FHIR before v6.4.0 allows attackers to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted request containing malicious XML entities.

Affected ProductsAI

HAPI FHIR.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.

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CVE-2024-51132 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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