Description
A flaw was found in Apicurio Registry. The DocumentBuilderAccessor correctly blocks external DTD and schema access but does not disable DOCTYPE declarations or enable FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING. An attacker with artifact-write permission can upload XML documents with internal entity-expansion payloads (billion-laughs variant) that cause CPU and heap exhaustion, partially mitigated by the JAXP default 64,000 entity-expansion limit.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3.3.1 | — | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-schema-util-xml | >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.1 | 3.3.1 | GHSA-748j-wm96-4wh5 |
| Maven | io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-schema-util-xml | < 3.2.6 | 3.2.6 | GHSA-748j-wm96-4wh5 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3000 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Apicurio Registry): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 1, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:59360 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12993 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2491692 issue-tracking