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GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4

GitHub Security Advisory

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in XWiki Crypto API

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
XWiki Crypto API will generate X509 certificates signed by default using SHA1 with RSA, which is not considered safe anymore for use in certificate signatures, due to the risk of collisions with SHA1.
Note that this API is never used in XWiki Standard but it might be used in some extensions of XWiki.

### Patches
The problem has been patched in XWiki version 13.10.6, 14.3.1 and 14.4-rc-1. Since then, the Crypto API will generate X509 certificates signed by default using SHA256 with RSA.

### Workarounds
Administrators are advised to upgrade their XWiki installation to one of the patched versions.
If the upgrade is not possible, it is possible to patch the module xwiki-platform-crypto in a local installation by applying the change exposed in https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/26728f3f23658288683667a5182a916c7ecefc52 and re-compiling the module.

### References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19676
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/CHANGES.md?plain=1#L938
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16650

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org)
* Email us at [security ML](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-crypto
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 13.10.6)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-crypto
Affected versions: 14.0.0 (fixed in 14.3.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4
Published
May 24, 2022 12:47 PM
Last Modified
May 24, 2022 12:47 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-crypto
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 23, 2025 6:31 AM

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