CVE-2026-55471 PUBLISHED

HAPI FHIR: XXE in XsltUtilities.saxonTransform via unhardened Saxon TransformerFactory

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.06.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.10, org.hl7.fhir.utilities.XsltUtilities saxonTransform(...) overloads instantiated a bare net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl() without ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD or ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET restrictions, allowing an attacker who controls or can tamper with transformed XML to trigger XML External Entity injection for local file disclosure and blind XXE or SSRF to arbitrary URLs reachable from the host. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.10.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor hapifhir
Product org.hl7.fhir.core
Versions
  • Version < 6.9.10 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference CWE