assertj-core/assertj-core-3.19.0-CVE-2026-24400.patch

From 207217290a4de35386444c32c5c52cf97c4e9b5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Cordio <stefano.cordio@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:47:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Merge commit from fork

---
 .../util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter.java    | 27 +++++++++++++-
 ...ringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test.java | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter.java b/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter.java
index 0956ddf8b..bbec9106e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter.java
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ import static org.assertj.core.util.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.bootstrap.DOMImplementationRegistry;
@@ -39,6 +43,17 @@ public class XmlStringPrettyFormatter {
 
   private static final String FORMAT_ERROR = "Unable to format XML string";
 
+  // https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
+  private static final Map<String, Boolean> SECURE_FEATURES = new HashMap<>();
+
+  static {
+    SECURE_FEATURES.put(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+    SECURE_FEATURES.put("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true);
+    SECURE_FEATURES.put("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false);
+    SECURE_FEATURES.put("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities", false);
+    SECURE_FEATURES.put("http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd", false);
+  }
+
   public static String xmlPrettyFormat(String xmlStringToFormat) {
     checkArgument(xmlStringToFormat != null, "Expecting XML String not to be null");
     // convert String to an XML Document and then back to String but prettily formatted.
@@ -67,13 +82,23 @@ public class XmlStringPrettyFormatter {
   private static Document toXmlDocument(String xmlString) {
     try {
       InputSource xmlInputSource = new InputSource(new StringReader(xmlString));
-      DocumentBuilder xmlDocumentBuilder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
+      DocumentBuilder xmlDocumentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory().newDocumentBuilder();
       return xmlDocumentBuilder.parse(xmlInputSource);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(FORMAT_ERROR, e);
     }
   }
 
+  private static DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory() {
+    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    SECURE_FEATURES.forEach((name, value) -> {
+      try {
+        factory.setFeature(name, value);
+      } catch (ParserConfigurationException ignore) {}
+    });
+    return factory;
+  }
+
   private XmlStringPrettyFormatter() {
     // utility class
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test.java b/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test.java
index c2c3e574d..21f00df42 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/util/xml/XmlStringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test.java
@@ -97,4 +97,39 @@ class XmlStringPrettyFormatter_prettyFormat_Test {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void should_fail_if_input_contains_doctype_declaration_with_entity() {
+    // Injection into document content
+    String xmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                       + "<!DOCTYPE root [\n"
+                       + "  <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM \"file:///etc/hosts\">\n"
+                       + "]>\n"
+                       + "<root>&xxe;</root>";
+    try {
+      xmlPrettyFormat(xmlString);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertThat(e).isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasMessage("Unable to format XML string");
+      assertThat(e.getCause()).isInstanceOf(SAXParseException.class)
+                              .hasMessageContaining("DOCTYPE is disallowed");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void should_fail_if_input_contains_doctype_declaration_with_parameter_entity() {
+    // Injection during document parsing
+    String xmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                       + "<!DOCTYPE root [\n"
+                       + "  <!ENTITY % xxe SYSTEM \"file:///etc/hosts\">\n"
+                       + "  %xxe;\n"
+                       + "]>\n"
+                       + "<root>foo</root>";
+    try {
+      xmlPrettyFormat(xmlString);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertThat(e).isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasMessage("Unable to format XML string");
+      assertThat(e.getCause()).isInstanceOf(SAXParseException.class)
+                              .hasMessageContaining("DOCTYPE is disallowed");
+    }
+  }
+
 }
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