XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pki-base-java (opens in a new tab)
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- published5 Aug 2025
- disclosed10 Jun 2022
Introduced: 10 Jun 2022
CVE-2022-2414 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pki-base-java package and not the pki-base-java package as distributed by RHEL.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2414
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7326
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/4021
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2414.yaml
- https://github.com/amitlttwo/CVE-2022-2414-Proof-Of-Concept