{"id":"GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4","summary":"XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments","details":"### Impact\n\nA user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. \n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe workaround is to download [commons-compress 1.24](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar) and replace the one located in XWiki `WEB-INF/lib/` folder.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)","aliases":["CVE-2024-21651"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:09.368272376Z","published":"2024-01-08T16:39:47Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-400"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-01-08T16:39:47Z","nvd_published_at":"2024-01-09T00:15:44Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21651"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.10"},{"fixed":"14.10.18"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"}},{"package":{"name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"15.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"15.5.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"}},{"package":{"name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"15.6-rc-1"},{"fixed":"15.8-rc-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}