CVE-2022-25236Resource Exposure in Project Libexpat

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
7.4%
top 8.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateJan 15

Description

xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
expat vulnerabilities and regression2022-03-10
GHSA
GHSA-3c6c-gjpg-qq92: xmlparse2022-02-17
CVEList
CVE-2022-25236: xmlparse2022-02-16
OSV
CVE-2022-25236: xmlparse2022-02-16

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Expat) — CVE-2022-252362023-01-15
Ubuntu
xmltok library vulnerabilities2022-07-19
Ubuntu
Expat vulnerabilities2022-02-21
Red Hat
expat: Namespace-separator characters in "xmlns[:prefix]" attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution2022-02-19
Microsoft
xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.2022-02-08
CVE-2022-25236 — Resource Exposure in Project Libexpat | cvebase