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TI-2021-04367 Aliases CVE-2021-21266

XXE vulnerability in OpenHAB

Priority LOW 31CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

openHAB is a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for your home. In openHAB before versions 2.5.12 and 3.0.1 the XML external entity (XXE) attack allows attackers in the same network as the openHAB instance to retrieve internal information like the content of files from the file system. Responses to SSDP requests can be especially malicious. All add-ons that use SAX or JAXB parsing of externally received XML are potentially subject to this kind of attack. In openHAB, the following add-ons are potentially impacted: AvmFritz, BoseSoundtouch, DenonMarantz, DLinkSmarthome, Enigma2, FmiWeather, FSInternetRadio, Gce, Homematic, HPPrinter, IHC, Insteon, Onkyo, Roku, SamsungTV, Sonos, Roku, Tellstick, TR064, UPnPControl, Vitotronic, Wemo, YamahaReceiver and XPath Tranformation. The vulnerabilities have been fixed in versions 2.5.12 and 3.0.1 by a more strict configuration of the used XML parser.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01113 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openhab-addons (openhab): 2.5.12

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openhabopenhab-addonsbefore 2.5.12; = 3.0.02.5.12Patch availableCNA
  • openhab-addons Vendoropenhab Affected before 2.5.12; = 3.0.0 Fixed in 2.5.12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.5.12Vulnerableopenhab
cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0Vulnerableopenhab
  • cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.5.12 Vulnerable ·openhab
  • cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·openhab

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openhab-addons (openhab) Fixed in 2.5.12

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21266

References

  • TI-2024-28437 CometVisu Backend for openHAB affected by RCE through path traversal CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-28438 CometVisu Backend for openHAB has a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2020-04298 openHAB exec add-ons allow remote arbitrary command execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-28436 Path traversal (CometVisu) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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