diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/XMLUtils.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/XMLUtils.java
index 0b5084f5f7..a8040ad90a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/XMLUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/XMLUtils.java
@@ -41,17 +41,18 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
 public class XMLUtils {
 
-  private static final String DISALLOW_DOCTYPE_DECL =
+  public static final String DISALLOW_DOCTYPE_DECL =
       "http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl";
-  private static final String LOAD_EXTERNAL_DECL =
+  public static final String LOAD_EXTERNAL_DECL =
       "http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd";
-  private static final String EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES =
+  public static final String EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES =
       "http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities";
-  private static final String EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITIES =
+  public static final String EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITIES =
       "http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities";
-  private static final String CREATE_ENTITY_REF_NODES =
+  public static final String CREATE_ENTITY_REF_NODES =
       "http://apache.org/xml/features/dom/create-entity-ref-nodes";
-
+  public static final String VALIDATION =
+      "http://xml.org/sax/features/validation";
 
   /**
    * Transform input xml given a stylesheet.
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/SchedConfCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/SchedConfCLI.java
index a9f1c542ab..9823a1afb6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/SchedConfCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/SchedConfCLI.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.SSLFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.dao.ConfInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.dao.QueueConfigInfo;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ private static void prettyFormatWithIndent(String input, int indent)
     Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(input));
     StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
     StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(sw);
-    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = XMLUtils.newSecureTransformerFactory();
     transformerFactory.setAttribute("indent-number", indent);
     Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
     transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/dao/gpu/GpuDeviceInformationParser.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/dao/gpu/GpuDeviceInformationParser.java
index 5c166571cc..d21d6a0b72 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/dao/gpu/GpuDeviceInformationParser.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/dao/gpu/GpuDeviceInformationParser.java
@@ -18,20 +18,27 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp.dao.gpu;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
-
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource;
-import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils.EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils.EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITIES;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils.LOAD_EXTERNAL_DECL;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils.VALIDATION;
 
 /**
  * Parse XML and get GPU device information
@@ -68,10 +75,11 @@ public GpuDeviceInformationParser() throws YarnException {
    */
   private SAXParserFactory initSaxParserFactory() throws Exception {
     SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
-    spf.setFeature(
-        "http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd",
-        false);
-    spf.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation", false);
+    spf.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+    spf.setFeature(LOAD_EXTERNAL_DECL, false);
+    spf.setFeature(EXTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITIES, false);
+    spf.setFeature(EXTERNAL_PARAMETER_ENTITIES, false);
+    spf.setFeature(VALIDATION, false);
     return spf;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServices.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServices.java
index 30b73c1acc..a7222f62e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServices.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServices.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
@@ -432,10 +433,9 @@ public void testSingleNodesXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML+ "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
-    InputSource is = new InputSource();
-    is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
+    InputSource is = new InputSource(new StringReader(xml));
     Document dom = db.parse(is);
     NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("nodeInfo");
     assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 1, nodes.getLength());
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesApps.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesApps.java
index ab06c0f9f3..204cd00dd9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesApps.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesApps.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ public void testNodeAppsStateInvalidXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
           response.getType().toString());
       String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
 
-      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
       DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
       InputSource is = new InputSource();
       is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
@@ -651,7 +652,7 @@ public void testNodeAppsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ public void testNodeSingleAppsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesAuxServices.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesAuxServices.java
index 7ec8fcd47d..20e1fc9889 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesAuxServices.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesAuxServices.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.Context;
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ public void testNodeAuxServicesXML() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesContainers.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesContainers.java
index 175a0b0247..e348b1559e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesContainers.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesContainers.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ public void testNodeSingleContainerXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
       assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
           response.getType().toString());
       String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
       DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
       InputSource is = new InputSource();
       is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ public void testNodeContainerXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
index ad8022a0d0..7a5bad5d58 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
@@ -17,17 +17,27 @@
 */
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.VisibleForTesting;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.UnsupportedFileSystemException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AccessControlList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueACL;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.security.AccessType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.security.Permission;
@@ -39,19 +49,14 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.allocation.QueueProperties;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Clock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.SystemClock;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.allocation.AllocationFileQueueParser.EVERYBODY_ACL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.allocation.AllocationFileQueueParser.ROOT;
 
@@ -236,8 +241,7 @@ public synchronized void reloadAllocations()
     LOG.info("Loading allocation file " + allocFile);
 
     // Read and parse the allocations file.
-    DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory =
-        DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     docBuilderFactory.setIgnoringComments(true);
     DocumentBuilder builder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
     Document doc = builder.parse(fs.open(allocFile));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestResourceTrackerService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestResourceTrackerService.java
index 9feb54c7d4..33d5003d7e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestResourceTrackerService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestResourceTrackerService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.delegation.web.DelegationTokenIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Sets;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.nodelabels.NodeAttributeStore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.nodelabels.NodeLabelUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.ResourceTracker;
@@ -2662,7 +2663,7 @@ private void writeToHostsFile(File file, String... hosts)
   private void writeToHostsXmlFile(
       File file, Pair<String, Integer>... hostsAndTimeouts) throws Exception {
     ensureFileExists(file);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     Document doc = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
     Element hosts = doc.createElement("hosts");
     doc.appendChild(hosts);
@@ -2680,7 +2681,7 @@ private void writeToHostsXmlFile(
         );
       }
     }
-    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = XMLUtils.newSecureTransformerFactory();
     Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
     transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
     transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(file));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/placement/TestPlacementRuleFS.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/placement/TestPlacementRuleFS.java
index 116c0ace70..1c7e5fa513 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/placement/TestPlacementRuleFS.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/placement/TestPlacementRuleFS.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.placement;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.FairScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.FairSchedulerConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.QueueManager;
@@ -188,11 +189,10 @@ private void ruleInit(Class <? extends PlacementRule> ruleClass) {
 
   private Element createConf(String str) {
     // Create a simple rule element to use in the rule create
-    DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory =
-        DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
-    docBuilderFactory.setIgnoringComments(true);
     Document doc = null;
     try {
+      DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
+      docBuilderFactory.setIgnoringComments(true);
       DocumentBuilder builder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
       doc = builder.parse(IOUtils.toInputStream(str, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     } catch (Exception ex) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
index 9cf0dda7c3..b416947c55 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AuthorizationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.service.Service.STATE;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.GetApplicationsRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.GetApplicationsResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ public void testInfoDefault() throws JSONException, Exception {
   }
 
   public void verifyClusterInfoXML(String xml) throws JSONException, Exception {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ public void testClusterMetricsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
 
   public void verifyClusterMetricsXML(String xml) throws JSONException,
       Exception {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ public void testClusterSchedulerFifoXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
 
   public void verifySchedulerFifoXML(String xml) throws JSONException,
       Exception {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppAttempts.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppAttempts.java
index 102f13897f..4ad37ef8d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppAttempts.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppAttempts.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.sun.jersey.test.framework.WebAppDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockAM;
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ public void testAppAttemptsXML() throws Exception {
             response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
 
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesApps.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesApps.java
index b304b8a785..964aab6913 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesApps.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesApps.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Sets;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.FinalApplicationStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ public void testAppsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ public void testRunningApp() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ public void testAppsXMLMulti() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -1724,7 +1725,7 @@ public void testSingleAppsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
 
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppsModification.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppsModification.java
index f5f21aac24..0c8f742fae 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppsModification.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesAppsModification.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.Credentials;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.server.AuthenticationFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.server.PseudoAuthenticationHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAccessType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationSubmissionContext;
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ protected static void verifyAppStateXML(ClientResponse response,
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ protected String validateGetNewApplicationJsonResponse(JSONObject json)
 
   protected String validateGetNewApplicationXMLResponse(String response)
       throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException, SAXException {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(response));
@@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@ protected static void verifyAppPriorityXML(ClientResponse response,
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -1329,7 +1330,7 @@ protected static void verifyAppPriorityXML(ClientResponse response,
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ protected static void verifyAppTimeoutXML(ClientResponse response,
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
index 4454442bf2..ec65237fa6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockRM;
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ public static String serializeDocument(Document document) throws TransformerExce
     DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(document);
     StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
     StreamResult result = new StreamResult(writer);
-    TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+    TransformerFactory tf = XMLUtils.newSecureTransformerFactory();
     Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
     transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
     transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ public static String serializeDocument(Document document) throws TransformerExce
   }
 
   public static Document loadDocument(String xml) throws Exception {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource(new StringReader(xml));
     return builder.parse(is);
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesDelegationTokens.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesDelegationTokens.java
index 095b076df7..0e497da49e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesDelegationTokens.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesDelegationTokens.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.SecretManager.InvalidToken;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.security.client.RMDelegationTokenIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockRM;
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ private void verifySimpleAuthCancel() {
 
   public static DelegationToken getDelegationTokenFromXML(String tokenXML)
       throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(tokenXML));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesForCSWithPartitions.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesForCSWithPartitions.java
index 0697ad0321..6af9180704 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesForCSWithPartitions.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesForCSWithPartitions.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Sets;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeLabel;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ public void testSchedulerPartitionsXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
index c67c49a361..e507267703 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.server.AuthenticationFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.server.PseudoAuthenticationHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeAttribute;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeAttributeType;
@@ -578,10 +579,9 @@ public void testNonexistNodeXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
           response.getType().toString());
       String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
       System.out.println(msg);
-      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
       DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
-      InputSource is = new InputSource();
-      is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
+      InputSource is = new InputSource(new StringReader(msg));
       Document dom = db.parse(is);
       NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("RemoteException");
       Element element = (Element) nodes.item(0);
@@ -646,10 +646,9 @@ public void testNodesXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE + "; " + JettyUtils.UTF_8,
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
-    InputSource is = new InputSource();
-    is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
+    InputSource is = new InputSource(new StringReader(xml));
     Document dom = db.parse(is);
     NodeList nodesApps = dom.getElementsByTagName("nodes");
     assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 1, nodesApps.getLength());
@@ -672,7 +671,7 @@ public void testSingleNodesXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
 
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
@@ -694,7 +693,7 @@ public void testNodes2XML() throws JSONException, Exception {
         response.getType().toString());
     String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
 
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/helper/XmlCustomResourceTypeTestCase.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/helper/XmlCustomResourceTypeTestCase.java
index 0ad92d20bb..8048a69fbd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/helper/XmlCustomResourceTypeTestCase.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/helper/XmlCustomResourceTypeTestCase.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.JettyUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.*;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ private Document parseXml(BufferedClientResponse response) {
     try {
       String xml = response.getEntity(String.class);
       DocumentBuilder db =
-          DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
+          XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory().newDocumentBuilder();
       InputSource is = new InputSource();
       is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private void logResponse(Document doc) {
   public static String toXml(Node node) {
     StringWriter writer;
     try {
-      TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+      TransformerFactory tf = XMLUtils.newSecureTransformerFactory();
       Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
       transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
       transformer.setOutputProperty(
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/TestRMWithCSRFFilter.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/TestRMWithCSRFFilter.java
index 2925e84112..577e8acbc4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/TestRMWithCSRFFilter.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/TestRMWithCSRFFilter.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.http.RestCsrfPreventionFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.service.Service.STATE;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.XMLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockRM;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager;
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public void testAllowNonBrowserInteractionWithoutHeader() throws Exception {
   }
 
   public void verifyClusterInfoXML(String xml) throws Exception {
-    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = XMLUtils.newSecureDocumentBuilderFactory();
     DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
     InputSource is = new InputSource();
     is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));