SCA: security update for ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities (GHSA-2f55-g35j-5jmf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443373

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java.
Prior to 6.9.10, org.hl7.fhir.utilities.XsltUtilities saxonTransform(...) overloads instantiated a bare
net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl() without ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD or ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET
restrictions, allowing an attacker who controls or can tamper with transformed XML to trigger XML External
Entity injection for local file disclosure and blind XXE or SSRF to arbitrary URLs reachable from the
host. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.10. (CVE-2026-55471)

Solution

Update the ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilities library and its related packages to version 6.9.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443373

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/18/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55471

cwe: CWE-611

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