monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader · Security
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in com.monitorjbl:xlsx-streamer
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-xvm2-9xvc-hx7f
- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-23640
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader/commit/0749c7b9709db078ccdeada16d46a34bc2910c73
For more information
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- Open an issue in monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader
CWEs
- CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
- CWE-776 · Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')