GHSA-c5xv-qc8p-mh2v — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2022-38398) in maven/org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Batik of Apache XML Graphics allows an attacker to load a url thru the jar protocol. This issue affects Apache XML Graphics Batik 1.14.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: medium
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: —
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2022-09-23 00:00:39 UTC
Updated: 2025-11-03 21:31:46 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2022-09-23 20:52:26 UTC
NVD published: 2022-09-22

Score	Percentile
0.22%	45.22%

CVSS Scores

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
5.3	3.1	—	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-c5xv-qc8p-mh2v ↗
CVE	CVE-2022-38398 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-918	Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Credits

AndrzejBiernacki2010 (analyst)

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
maven	org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik	>= 1.14, < 1.15	1.15	—
maven	org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge	>= 1.14, < 1.15	1.15	—

Apache Batik Server-Side Request Forgery