Severity: important Affected versions:
- Apache Axis2/Java before 2.0.2 Description: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java. When a client built an AxisService from a WSDL URL, through ServiceClient or AxisService.createClientSideAxisService, wsdl4j import resolution was enabled and the documents named by wsdl:import and xsd:import were parsed by wsdl4j's own XML parser, which processes DOCTYPE declarations and external entities. An attacker who controls a WSDL, or a document it imports, could therefore read local files or make the JVM issue network requests. This issue affects Apache Axis2/Java: through 2.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue. Credit: Chinmohan Nayak (finder) References: https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core/commit/1d3457d12399c7721ed3f52e7031d1d24d169460 https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/2.0.2.html https://axis.apache.org/ https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120761
