CVE-2020-13940: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

October 1, 2020 (updated October 5, 2020)

In Apache NiFi, the notification service manager and various policy authorizer and user group provider objects allowed trusted administrators to inadvertently configure a potentially malicious XML file. The XML file has the ability to make external calls to services (via XXE).

References

nifi.apache.org/security
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13940

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