CVE-2026-120761 - Apache Axis2/Java: XML External Entity (XXE) injection via imported WSDL/XSD documents

CVE-2026-120761 - Apache Axis2/Java: XML External Entity (XXE) injection via imported WSDL/XSD documents

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-120761
Published : Nov. 9, 2026, 11:17 a.m. | 40 minutes ago
Description :Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java. When a client built an AxisService from a WSDL URL, through ServiceClient or AxisService.createClientSideAxisService, wsdl4j import resolution was enabled and the documents named by wsdl:import and xsd:import were parsed by wsdl4j's own XML parser, which processes DOCTYPE declarations and external entities. An attacker who controls a WSDL, or a document it imports, could therefore read local files or make the JVM issue network requests. This issue affects Apache Axis2/Java: through 2.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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