{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"GHSA-2rr5-8q37-2w7h","published":"2021-09-27T20:12:47Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:28:52.471678359Z","aliases":["CVE-2021-41098"],"summary":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in Nokogiri on JRuby","details":"### Severity\n\nThe Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as [**High Severity** 7.5 (CVSS3.0)](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C/MAV:N/MAC:L) for JRuby users. (This security advisory does not apply to CRuby users.)\n\n\n### Impact\n\nIn Nokogiri v1.12.4 and earlier, **on JRuby only**, the SAX parser resolves external entities by default.\n\nUsers of Nokogiri on JRuby who parse untrusted documents using any of these classes are affected:\n\n- Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Parser\n- Nokogiri::HTML4::SAX::Parser or its alias Nokogiri::HTML::SAX::Parser\n- Nokogiri::XML::SAX::PushParser\n- Nokogiri::HTML4::SAX::PushParser or its alias Nokogiri::HTML::SAX::PushParser\n\n\n### Mitigation\n\nJRuby users should upgrade to Nokogiri v1.12.5 or later. There are no workarounds available for v1.12.4 or earlier.\n\nCRuby users are not affected.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"nokogiri","ecosystem":"RubyGems","purl":"pkg:gem/nokogiri"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12.5"}]}],"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.0.6","1.0.7","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.10.0","1.10.0.rc1","1.10.1","1.10.10","1.10.2","1.10.3","1.10.4","1.10.5","1.10.6","1.10.7","1.10.8","1.10.9","1.11.0","1.11.0.rc1","1.11.0.rc2","1.11.0.rc3","1.11.0.rc4","1.11.1","1.11.2","1.11.3","1.11.4","1.11.5","1.11.6","1.11.7","1.12.0","1.12.0.rc1","1.12.1","1.12.2","1.12.3","1.12.4","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.2.1","1.4.3","1.4.3.1","1.4.4","1.4.4.1","1.4.4.2","1.4.5","1.4.6","1.4.7","1.5.0","1.5.0.beta.1","1.5.0.beta.2","1.5.0.beta.3","1.5.0.beta.4","1.5.1","1.5.1.rc1","1.5.10","1.5.11","1.5.2","1.5.3","1.5.3.rc2","1.5.3.rc3","1.5.3.rc4","1.5.3.rc5","1.5.3.rc6","1.5.4","1.5.4.rc1","1.5.4.rc2","1.5.4.rc3","1.5.5","1.5.5.rc1","1.5.5.rc2","1.5.5.rc3","1.5.6","1.5.6.rc1","1.5.6.rc2","1.5.6.rc3","1.5.7","1.5.7.rc1","1.5.7.rc2","1.5.7.rc3","1.5.8","1.5.9","1.6.0","1.6.0.rc1","1.6.1","1.6.2","1.6.2.1","1.6.2.rc1","1.6.2.rc2","1.6.2.rc3","1.6.3","1.6.3.1","1.6.3.rc1","1.6.3.rc2","1.6.3.rc3","1.6.4","1.6.4.1","1.6.5","1.6.6.1","1.6.6.2","1.6.6.3","1.6.6.4","1.6.7","1.6.7.1","1.6.7.2","1.6.7.rc2","1.6.7.rc3","1.6.7.rc4","1.6.8","1.6.8.1","1.6.8.rc1","1.6.8.rc2","1.6.8.rc3","1.7.0","1.7.0.1","1.7.1","1.7.2","1.8.0","1.8.1","1.8.2","1.8.3","1.8.4","1.8.5","1.9.0","1.9.0.rc1","1.9.1"],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"<= 1.12.4","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/09/GHSA-2rr5-8q37-2w7h/GHSA-2rr5-8q37-2w7h.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-2rr5-8q37-2w7h"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41098"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/5bf729ff3cc84709ee3c3248c981584088bf9f6d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2021-41098.yml"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-611"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2021-09-27T19:20:23Z","nvd_published_at":"2021-09-27T20:15:00Z","severity":"HIGH"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}