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solr: XML external entity expansion in config files allows attackers to read arbitrary files

Published May 21, 2018

Description

This vulnerability in Apache Solr 6.0.0 to 6.6.3, 7.0.0 to 7.3.0 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in Solr config files (solrconfig.xml, schema.xml, managed-schema). In addition, Xinclude functionality provided in these config files is also affected in a similar way. The vulnerability can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network. Users are advised to upgrade to either Solr 6.6.4 or Solr 7.3.1 releases both of which address the vulnerability. Once upgrade is complete, no other steps are required. Those releases only allow external entities and Xincludes that refer to local files / zookeeper resources below the Solr instance directory (using Solr's ResourceLoader); usage of absolute URLs is denied. Keep in mind, that external entities and XInclude are explicitly supported to better structure config files in large installations. Before Solr 6 this was no problem, as config files were not accessible through the APIs.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published May 21, 2018
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Mar 9, 2018
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 21, 2018
GHSA-RC9V-H28F-JCMF