A flaw was found in RESTEasy's SourceProvider. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an unauthenticated remote file read. By sending a specially crafted XML body with a DOCTYPE declaration referencing external entities to an endpoint that accepts application/xml and returns Source or StreamSource, the server can be tricked into resolving the entity and including sensitive file contents in the HTTP response. This is due to the SourceProvider.writeTo() method creating a SAXParser without disabling external entity resolution, leading to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

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To mitigate this issue, avoid exposing RESTEasy endpoints that return Source or StreamSource types. Alternatively, implement a custom MessageBodyWriter for Source types that explicitly applies XML security features to the SAXParserFactory before parsing. Changes to application configuration or code typically require an application redeployment or restart to take effect.

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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in RESTEasy's SourceProvider. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an unauthenticated remote file read. By sending a specially crafted XML body with a DOCTYPE declaration referencing external entities to an endpoint that accepts application/xml and returns Source or StreamSource, the server can be tricked into resolving the entity and including sensitive file contents in the HTTP response. This is due to the SourceProvider.writeTo() method creating a SAXParser without disabling external entity resolution, leading to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.
Title Resteasy-core: resteasy sourceprovider remote unauthenticated file read
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat apicurio Registry
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat camel Quarkus
Redhat debezium
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Fuse
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat quarkus
Redhat satellite
Weaknesses CWE-611
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:apicurio_registry:3
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:camel_quarkus:3
cpe:/a:redhat:debezium:3
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:7
cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
cpe:/a:redhat:quarkus:3
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat apicurio Registry
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat camel Quarkus
Redhat debezium
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Fuse
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat quarkus
Redhat satellite
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T17:09:20.602Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T19:28:37.735Z

Link: CVE-2026-17615

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-31T17:17:37.717

Modified: 2026-08-31T17:17:37.717

Link: CVE-2026-17615

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T17:30:03Z

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