CVE-2022-34169 | Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets

The Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets. This can be used to corrupt Java class files generated by the internal XSLTC compiler and execute arbitrary Java bytecode. Users are recommended to update to version 2.7.3 or later. Note: Java runtimes (such as OpenJDK) include repackaged copies of Xalan.

Published: 2022-07-19 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2022-34169 is rated Moderate Risk (62.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.95%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-34169

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 2026-05-13 11.53% 10.95% -0.58%
2 2026-05-11 8.83% 11.53% +2.70%
3 2026-05-10 — 8.83% —

Full EPSS history (47 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-34169

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:N/I:H/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-34169

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-34169

GHSA-9339-86wc-4qgf · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Xalan Java XSLT library integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-34169

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-34169: 6 source package rows (openjdk11, openjdk13, openjdk15, openjdk17, openjdk17-ppc64le-bootstrap, openjdk8); 28 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 28, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-34169
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-34169 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (bcel, openjdk-11, openjdk-17, openjdk-8), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34169
gentoo normal CVE-2022-34169: 2 GLSA(s) (202401-25, 202405-16), 4 atom(s) (dev-java/bcel, dev-java/openjdk, dev-java/openjdk-bin, dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-34169
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34169
suse high CVE-2022-34169 severity important: SUSE including 591 source package names (10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-11.0.16.0-150000.3.83.1, 10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.16.0-150000.3.83.1, …), 1456 product×package rows across 163 product lines (Container bci/kiwi, Container bci/openjdk, … (163 product lines)): Fixed 1165, Known Affected 231, Will Not Fix 43, Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34169/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-34169 medium priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (icedtea-web, libxalan2-java, …), 154 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 76, not-affected 26, released 20, needs-triage 17, ignored 15. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-34169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache xalan-java <= 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:xalan-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 20.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.6:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 21.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 22.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:22.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update343:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update333:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 17.0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:17.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 18.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:18.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update343:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update333:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 11.0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 17.0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:17.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 18.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:18.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 11, <= 11.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 13, <= 13.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 15, <= 15.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 17, <= 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update101:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update111:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update121:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update211:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update221:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update231:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update241:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update251:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update261:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update271:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update281:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update291:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update301:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update311:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update321:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update51:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update55:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update65:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update67:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update72:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update76:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update80:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update85:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update91:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update95:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update97:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update99:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-34169

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168186/Xalan-J-XSLTC-Integer-Truncation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/19/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/19/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/20/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/20/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/18/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/04/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/07/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/12pxy4phsry6c34x2ol4fft6xlho4kyw Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/2qvl7r43wb4t8p9dd9om1bnkssk07sn8 Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H4YNJSJ64NPCNKFPNBYITNZU5H3L4D6L/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I5OZNAZJ4YHLOKRRRZSWRT5OJ25E4XLM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN3EVGR7FD3ZLV5SBTJXUIDCMSK4QUE2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KO3DXNKZ4EU3UZBT6AAR4XRKCD73KLMO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3XPOTPPBZIPFBZHQE5E7OW6PDACUMCJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YULPNO3PAWMEQQZV2C54I3H3ZOXFZUTB/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-25
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0009/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5188 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5192 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5256 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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