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Medium ALSA-2026:60215 1 CVE

Moderate: assertj-core security update

Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

A rich and intuitive set of strongly-typed assertions to use for unit testing (either with JUnit or TestNG).

Security Fix(es):

* assertj: AssertJ: Information disclosure and denial of service via XML External Entity (XXE) (CVE-2026-24400)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 assertj-core 3.19.0-9.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.2
    CVE-2026-24400

    AssertJ has XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability when parsing untrusted XML via isXmlEqualTo assertion

    AssertJ provides Fluent testing assertions for Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 3.27.7, an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in `org.assertj.core.util.xml.XmlStringPrettyFormatter`: the `toXm…

    assertj assertj javapackages-bootstrap assertj-core Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Maven

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24400
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2433116
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-60215.html