A vulnerability was found in hapifhir HL7 FHIR Core Artifacts up to 6.3.22. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-45294 since 08/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 6.3.23 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• hapifhir

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• HL7 FHIR Core Artifacts

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• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.3.8
• 6.3.9
• 6.3.10
• 6.3.11
• 6.3.12
• 6.3.13
• 6.3.14
• 6.3.15
• 6.3.16
• 6.3.17
• 6.3.18
• 6.3.19
• 6.3.20
• 6.3.21
• 6.3.22

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