CVE-2021-4295

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2021-4295 · Published 29/12/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-4295 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting code-validator-api (healthit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.78%, higher than 56.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.0.31 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code-validator-api healthit	`< 1.0.31`	`1.0.31`

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ONC code-validator-api up to 1.0.30. This vulnerability affects the function vocabularyValidationConfigurations of the file src/main/java/org/sitenv/vocabularies/configuration/CodeValidatorApiConfiguration.java of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.0.31 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fbd8ea121755a2d3d116b13f235bc8b61d8449af. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217018 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

onc-healthit/code-validator-api commit fbd8ea1 · Patch
onc-healthit/code-validator-api#97 · Third Party Advisory
onc-healthit/code-validator-api release 1.0.31 · Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com · Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com · Third Party Advisory

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