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RHSA-2026:58956

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-08-24 10:53 - Updated: 2026-08-26 16:34
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: assertj-core security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update for assertj-core is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: 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.
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A flaw was found in AssertJ. An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the `XmlStringPrettyFormatter` component, which is used by the `isXmlEqualTo(CharSequence)` assertion. If an application processes untrusted XML input using these methods, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to read arbitrary local files, perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) by making the server request arbitrary URLs, or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through entity expansion attacks.

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: AppStream-9.2.0.Z.E4S:assertj-core-0:3.19.0-5.el9_2.2.noarch
Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: AppStream-9.2.0.Z.E4S:assertj-core-0:3.19.0-5.el9_2.2.src
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Moderate

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