CVE-2022-2414

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.

Published: 2022-07-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-2414 is rated High Risk (66.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.69%, 100th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2414

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-19 88.64% 90.69% +2.04%
2 2026-04-14 90.69% 88.64% -2.04%
3 2026-03-04 — 90.69% —

Full EPSS history (41 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-2414

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-2414

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-2414

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-2414 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dogtag-pki), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2414
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2414
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-2414 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dogtag-pki), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, DNE 5, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2414

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.5.18 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 10.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:10.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 11.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dogtagpki dogtagpki 11.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-2414

URL Tags
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/4021 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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