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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in com.monitorjbl:xlsx-streamer

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 2, 2022 in monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader • Updated Jul 24, 2023

Package

maven com.monitorjbl:xlsx-streamer (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.1.0

Patched versions

2.1.0

Description

Impact

Prior to xlsx-streamer 2.1.0, the XML parser that was used did not apply all the necessary settings to prevent XML Entity Expansion issues.

Patches

Upgrade to version 2.1.0.

Workarounds

No known workaround.

References

monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader@0749c7b

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References

@monitorjbl monitorjbl published to monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader Mar 2, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 2, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 2, 2022
Reviewed Mar 2, 2022
Last updated Jul 24, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23640

GHSA ID

GHSA-xvm2-9xvc-hx7f

Source code

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