Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
apache/uima-uimaj
main @ 1543b0a
6
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
XML External Entity: 4 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
uimaj-core: most-fixed (4 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
5 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
XML External Entity (XXE): The core framework relies heavily on XML-based descriptors and parsing utilities (like XMLUtils), making it a frequent target for XXE injection if parser factories (such as SAXParserFactory and XMLReader) are not explicitly secured.
XML External Entity: SOAP XML deserialization layers and document-processing helpers historically permitted XInclude and external entities, exposing SOAP service endpoints to local file read and SSRF vectors.
Incorrect File Permissions: Build or packaging pipelines that output Eclipse runtime plugin binaries failed to enforce secure file modes, exposing packaged JARs to local tampering by unauthorized users.