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TI-2024-34894 Aliases CVE-2024-52007GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh

XXE vulnerability in XSLT parsing in `org.hl7.fhir.core`

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. XSLT parsing performed by various components are vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag ( <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY example SYSTEM "/etc/passwd"> ]> 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 is related to GHSA-6cr6-ph3p-f5rf, in which its fix (#1571 & #1717) was incomplete. This issue has been addressed in release version 6.4.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00899 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.hl7.fhir.core (hapifhir): 6.4.0ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 (Maven): 6.4.0+5 more productsRed Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
hapifhirorg.hl7.fhir.corebefore 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableCNA
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4 (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4b (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5 (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
—ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may (Maven)before 6.4.06.4.0Patch availableGHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • org.hl7.fhir.core Vendorhapifhir Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4b (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh
  • ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.0 Fixed in 6.4.0 Patch available GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hapifhir:hl7_fhir_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——hapifhir
  • cpe:2.3:a:hapifhir:hl7_fhir_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·hapifhir

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA org.hl7.fhir.core (hapifhir) Fixed in 6.4.0
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3 (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4 (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4b (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5 (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may (Maven) Fixed in 6.4.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2024:9806 Released 2024-11-15 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4.4 for Spring Boot security update.
    • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.4 for Spring Boot

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Integration Camel K 1AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.4 for Spring BootFixed RHSA-2024:9806

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-52007
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gr3c-q7xf-47vh

References

Advisory 1

Other 7

  • TI-2026-26647 HAPI FHIR: Unauthenticated SSRF via /loadIG Chains with startsWith() Credential Leak for Authentication Token Theft CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-40028 HAPI FHIR: XXE in XsltUtilities.saxonTransform via unhardened Saxon TransformerFactory CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-26645 HAPI FHIR: Authentication Credential Leakage via Improper URL Prefix Matching on HTTP Redirect in HAPI FHIR Core CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-56488 HAPI FHIR: SHCParser DEFLATE infinite loop causes denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-56487 HAPI FHIR: SHCParser unbounded DEFLATE decompression causes denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-44485 HAPI FHIR: XHTML narrative parser unbounded recursion causes StackOverflow denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 17 →

Sources

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