CVE-2009-0217: The design of the W3C XML Signature Syntax and Processing (XMLDsig) recommendation, as implemented in products including (1) the Oracle Secu
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 93.6% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: mono (Debian:12) 2.4.2.3+dfsg-1; xml-security-c (Debian:12) 1.4.0-4; xmlsec1 (Debian:12) 1.2.12-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to mono (Debian:12) 2.4.2.3+dfsg-1; xml-security-c (Debian:12) 1.4.0-4; xmlsec1 (Debian:12) 1.2.12-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The design of the W3C XML Signature Syntax and Processing (XMLDsig) recommendation, as implemented in products including (1) the Oracle Security Developer Tools component in Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.3, 10.1.3.4, and 10.1.4.3IM; (2) the WebLogic Server component in BEA Product Suite 10.3, 10.0 MP1, 9.2 MP3, 9.1, 9.0, and 8.1 SP6; (3) Mono before 2.4.2.2; (4) XML Security Library before 1.2.12; (5) IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 6.0 through 6.0.2.33, 6.1 through 6.1.0.23, and 7.0 through 7.0.0.1; (6) Sun JDK and JRE Update 14 and earlier; (7) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 through 3.0 SP2, 3.5, and 4.0; and other products uses a parameter that defines an HMAC truncation length (HMACOutputLength) but does not require a minimum for this length, which allows attackers to spoof HMAC-based signatures and bypass authentication by specifying a truncation length with a small number of bits.
- Published
- Jul 14, 2009
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 6.3% · 93th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 6.3%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | application server | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_server |
| oracle | bea product suite | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:bea_product_suite |
| oracle | weblogic server component | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server_component |
| ibm | websphere application server | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server |
| mono project | mono | cpe:2.3:a:mono_project:mono |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm websphere application server6.0
- ibm websphere application server6.0.0.1
- ibm websphere application server6.0.0.2
- ibm websphere application server6.0.0.3
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.1
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.11
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.13
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.15
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.17
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.2
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.3
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.5
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.7
- ibm websphere application server6.0.1.9
- ibm websphere application server6.0.2
- ibm websphere application server6.0.2.1
- ibm websphere application server6.0.2.10
- ibm websphere application server6.0.2.11
- ibm websphere application server6.0.2.12
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mono | before 2.4.2.3+dfsg-1 | 2.4.2.3+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:12 | xml-security-c | before 1.4.0-4 | 1.4.0-4 |
| Debian:12 | xmlsec1 | before 1.2.12-1 | 1.2.12-1 |
| Debian:4.0 | openoffice.org | before 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch9 | 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch9 |
| Debian:4.0 | xml-security-c | before 1.2.1-3+etch1 | 1.2.1-3+etch1 |
| Debian:5.0 | openoffice.org | before 1:2.4.1+dfsg-1+lenny6 | 1:2.4.1+dfsg-1+lenny6 |
| Debian:5.0 | xml-security-c | before 1.4.0-3+lenny2 | 1.4.0-3+lenny2 |
| Debian:6.0 | openoffice.org | before 1:3.1.1-15+squeeze1 | 1:3.1.1-15+squeeze1 |
| Maven | org.apache.santuario:xmlsec | from 1.4.0 · before 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | xmlsec1 | before 0:1.2.6-3.1 | 0:1.2.6-3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | xmlsec1-debuginfo | before 0:1.2.6-3.1 | 0:1.2.6-3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | xmlsec1-devel | before 0:1.2.6-3.1 | 0:1.2.6-3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | xmlsec1-openssl | before 0:1.2.6-3.1 | 0:1.2.6-3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | xmlsec1-openssl-devel | before 0:1.2.6-3.1 | 0:1.2.6-3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | xmlsec1-gnutls | before 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 | 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | xmlsec1-nss | before 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 | 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | xmlsec1-openssl | before 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 | 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | xmlsec1 | before 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 | 0:1.2.9-8.1.1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:mono | 2.4.2.3+dfsg-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:openoffice.org | 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch9 · Debian:4.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:xml-security-c | 1.4.0-4 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:xmlsec1 | 1.2.12-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.apache.santuario:xmlsec | 1.4.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-demo | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-devel | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-src | 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.gnome.org/cgit/xmlsec/commit/?id=34b349675af9f72eb822837a8772cc1ead7115c7
- git.gnome.org/cgit/xmlsec/patch/?id=34b349675af9f72eb822837a8772cc1ead7115c7
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00005.html
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
- osvdb.org/55895
- osvdb.org/55907
- secunia.com/advisories/34461
- secunia.com/advisories/35776
- secunia.com/advisories/35852
- secunia.com/advisories/35853
- secunia.com/advisories/35854
- secunia.com/advisories/35855
- secunia.com/advisories/35858
- secunia.com/advisories/36162
- secunia.com/advisories/36176
- secunia.com/advisories/36180
- secunia.com/advisories/36494
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.