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CVE-2022-28890
Processing external DTDs
Critical9.8EPSS 2.7%
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- Updated
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- apache
Description
A vulnerability in the RDF/XML parser of Apache Jena allows an attacker to cause an external DTD to be retrieved. This issue affects Apache Jena version 4.4.0 and prior versions. Apache Jena 4.2.x and 4.3.x do not allow external entities.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- XML External DTD vulnerability
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Jena
- affected Apache Jena – ≤ 4.4.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.jena:jenaGHSA-gchv-364h-r896 (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Jena 4.5.0 or later.
References (1)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/h88oh642455wljo0p5jgzs9phk4gj878 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gchv-364h-r896 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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