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    GHSA-2f88-5hg8-9x2x

    Published: 16 Jun 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Origin Validation Error in Apache Maven

    Details: Apache Maven will follow repositories that are defined in a dependency’s Project Object Model (pom) which may be surprising to some users, resulting in potential risk if a malicious actor takes over that repository or is able to insert themselves into a position to pretend to be that repository. Maven is changing the default behavior in 3.8.1+ to no longer follow http (non-SSL) repository references by default. More details available in the referenced urls. If you are currently using a repository manager to govern the repositories used by your builds, you are unaffected by the risks present in the legacy behavior, and are unaffected by this vulnerability and change to default behavior. See this link for more information about repository management: https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26291, https://github.com/apache/maven/commit/899465aeec03753ea91e15a79579eab76369c016, https://github.com/apache/maven/commit/fa79cb22e456cc65522b5bab8c4240fe08c5775f, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77af3ac7c3bfbd5454546e13faf7aec21d627bdcf36c9ca240436b94@%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r78fb6d2cf0ca332cfa43abd4471e75fa6c517ed9cdfcb950bff48d40@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r86aebd0387ae19b740b3eb28bad83fe6aceca0d6257eaa810a6e0002@%3Ccommits.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r86e1c81e03f441855f127980e9b3d41939d04a7caea2b7ab718e2288@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96cc126d3ee9aa42af9d3bb4baa94828b0a5f656584a50dcc594125f@%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a027668558264c4897633e66bcb7784099fdec9f9b22c38c2442f00%40%3Cusers.maven.apache.org%3E, 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    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.maven:maven-compat

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.maven/maven-compat

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.8.1

    Affected versions

    2.2.0
    2.2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High