5.3

CVE-2021-41042: eclipse lyo

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-6296-mvgp-27hp
Published 07-07-2022Last modified 04-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-41042 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in eclipse lyo. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.00%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Eclipse Lyo versions 1.0.0 to 4.1.0, a TransformerFactory is initialized with the defaults that do not restrict DTD loading when working with RDF/XML. This allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.97% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.eclipse.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Eclipse1 product
  • lyo≥ 1.0.0, ≤ 4.1.0
Org.eclipse.lyo1 product
  • lyo-parent≥ 1.0.0, < 5.0.0.Final
The eclipse foundation1 product
  • eclipse lyo≥ 1.0.0, < unspecified | ≥ unspecified, ≤ 4.1.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links