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high 7.5

CVE-2022-2414 in the critical feed json

Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

published 2022-07-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34677

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
85.4%
EPSS 85.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially retrieve the content of arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.

Patch / fix

  • dogtag-pki Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 11.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2414

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • pki-tks certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-24.el7pki
  • pki-tps certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-24.el7pki
  • pki-core certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-24.el7pki
  • pki-ocsp certificate system 9.7 10.5.18-24.el7pki
  • pki-core RHEL 7 10.5.18-24.el7_9
  • pki-ca RHEL 7 10.5.18-24.el7_9
  • pki-kra RHEL 7 10.5.18-24.el7_9
  • pki-base RHEL 7 10.5.18-24.el7_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3394RHSA-2023:1966RHSA-2023:1747RHSA-2022:8915RHSA-2022:8799RHSA-2022:7470

  • idm-pki-ca AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-kra AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-acme AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-base AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-tools AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-server AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • idm-pki-symkey AlmaLinux 8 10.12.0-4.module_el8.7.0+3316+50b99934
  • ldapjdk-javadoc AlmaLinux 8 4.23.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2764+9fc58d50

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:7470ALSA-2022:7326

  • jss Rocky Linux 8 4.9.4-1.module+el8.7.0+1069+6f3de942
  • xsom Rocky Linux 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.5.0+697+f586bb30
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+133+b8b54b58
  • ldapjdk Rocky Linux 8 4.23.0-1.module+el8.7.0+1069+6f3de942
  • ldapjdk Rocky Linux 8 4.23.0-1.module+el8.5.0+701+8dc610e5
  • stax-ex Rocky Linux 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:7470RLSA-2022:7326

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2414 updated cvss 7.5

pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE

  • Red Hat Certificate System 10 pki-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pki-ca, pki-core, pki-util, pki-setup, pki-common, pki-silent, +7 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.”
  • Red Hat Certificate System 9.7 for Red Hat Enterprise Server 7 pki-tks 10.5.18-24.el7pki, pki-tps 10.5.18-24.el7pki, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7pki, pki-ocsp 10.5.18-24.el7pki
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:8915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) pki-core 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, idm-pki-ca 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, idm-pki-kra 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, idm-pki-acme 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, idm-pki-base 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, idm-pki-tools 10.12.0-4.module+el8.7.0+16126+c5918a27, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:7470
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) pki-ca 11.0.6-2.el9_0, pki-kra 11.0.6-2.el9_0, pki-acme 11.0.6-2.el9_0, pki-base 11.0.6-2.el9_0, pki-core 11.0.6-2.el9_0, pki-tools 11.0.6-2.el9_0, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:7326
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) jss 4.6.2-12.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, ldapjdk 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-ca 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, pki-kra 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, tomcatjss 7.4.1-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-base 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) jss 4.6.2-12.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, ldapjdk 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-ca 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, pki-kra 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, tomcatjss 7.4.1-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-base 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2023:1747
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) jss 4.8.1-2.module+el8.4.0+10451+3e5b5448, ldapjdk 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+6784+6e1e4c62, pki-ca 10.10.5-6.module+el8.4.0+17580+3370c7a3, tomcatjss 7.6.1-1.module+el8.4.0+8778+d07929ff, pki-kra 10.10.5-6.module+el8.4.0+17580+3370c7a3, pki-acme 10.10.5-6.module+el8.4.0+17580+3370c7a3, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2023:1966
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) jss 4.9.3-1.module+el8.6.0+14244+60d461b7, ldapjdk 4.23.0-1.module+el8.5.0+11983+6ba118b4, pki-ca 10.12.7-1.module+el8.6.0+18623+dea80f17, pki-kra 10.12.7-1.module+el8.6.0+18623+dea80f17, tomcatjss 7.7.1-1.module+el8.6.0+13291+248751b1, pki-acme 10.12.7-1.module+el8.6.0+18623+dea80f17, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2023:3394
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) jss 4.6.2-12.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, ldapjdk 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-ca 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, pki-kra 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, tomcatjss 7.4.1-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-base 10.8.4-1.module+el8.2.0+17305+ef598dea, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2023:1747
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-24.el7_9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-24.el7_9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-24.el7_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-24.el7_9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-24.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-24.el7_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) pki-javadoc 10.5.18-24.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no known mitigation for this issue, please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:8799
  • Red Hat Certificate System 9.7 for Red Hat Enterprise Server 7 redhat-pki-theme 10.5.18-16.el7pki, redhat-pki-server-theme 10.5.18-16.el7pki, redhat-pki-console-theme 10.5.18-16.el7pki Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) jss 4.9.4-1.module+el8.7.0+15532+95bac9ee, slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, ldapjdk 4.23.0-1.module+el8.5.0+11983+6ba118b4, +34 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

85.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Dogtag PKI

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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