CVE-2022-26661

Exp

An XXE issue was discovered in Tryton Application Platform (Server) 5.x through 5.0.45, 6.x through 6.0.15, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x through 6.2.5, and Tryton Application Platform (Command Line Client (proteus)) 5.x through 5.0.11, 6.x through 6.0.4, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x through 6.2.1. An authenticated user can make the server parse a crafted XML SEPA file to access arbitrary files on the system.

Published: 2022-03-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-26661 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-26661

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-26661

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 2025-05-12 0.73% 0.47% -0.25%
2 2025-04-13 0.60% 0.73% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 0.60%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-26661

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-26661

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-26661

GHSA-cj78-rgw3-4h5p · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in trytond and proteus

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-26661

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-26661 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (tryton-proteus, tryton-server), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-26661
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-26661 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (tryton-proteus, tryton-server), 28 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 14, needs-triage 14. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26661

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-26661

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tryton proteus >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:proteus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tryton proteus >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:proteus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tryton proteus >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:proteus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tryton trytond >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.46 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:trytond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tryton trytond >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:trytond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tryton trytond >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:tryton:trytond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-26661

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