CVE-2022-41967

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly

Published Dec 27, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Dragonfly is a Java runtime dependency management library. Dragonfly v0.3.0-SNAPSHOT does not configure DocumentBuilderFactory to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This issue is patched in 0.3.1-SNAPSHOT. As a workaround, since Dragonfly only parses XML `SNAPSHOT` versions are being resolved, this vulnerability may be avoided by not trying to resolve `SNAPSHOT` versions.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-45071 Dragonfly is a Java runtime dependency management library. Dragonfly v0.3.0-SNAPSHOT does not configure DocumentBuilderFactory to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This issue is patched in 0.3.1-SNAPSHOT. As a workaround, since Dragonfly only parses XML `SNAPSHOT` versions are being resolved, this vulnerability may be avoided by not trying to resolve `SNAPSHOT` versions.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 14, 2025, 4:23 PM
Reserved
Sep 30, 2022, 4:38 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 28, 2022, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM