Description
HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. XSLT parsing performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY example SYSTEM "/etc/passwd"> ]> 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 is related to GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf, in which its fix (#1571 & #1717) was incomplete. This issue has been addressed in release version 6.4.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/pull/1717
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/issues/1571
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0092
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (7)
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may
0 - 6.4.0Maven
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.dstu3
0 - 6.4.0Maven
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.r4
0 - 6.4.0Maven
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.r4b
0 - 6.4.0Maven
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.r5
0 - 6.4.0Maven
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/org.hl7.fhir.utilities
0 - 6.4.0Maven
hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core
< 6.4.0
Published
Nov 08, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026