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GHSA-XVM2-9XVC-HX7F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-02 21:30 – Updated: 2022-03-10 15:48

Summary

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in com.monitorjbl:xlsx-streamer

Details

Impact

Prior to xlsx-streamer 2.1.0, the XML parser that was used did not apply all the necessary settings to prevent XML Entity Expansion issues.

Patches

Upgrade to version 2.1.0.

Workarounds

No known workaround.

References

https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader/commit/0749c7b9709db078ccdeada16d46a34bc2910c73

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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      },
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    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nPrior to xlsx-streamer 2.1.0, the XML parser that was used did not apply all the necessary settings to prevent XML Entity Expansion issues.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to version 2.1.0.\n\n### Workarounds\nNo known workaround.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader/commit/0749c7b9709db078ccdeada16d46a34bc2910c73\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader](https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader)\n\n",
  "id": "GHSA-xvm2-9xvc-hx7f",
  "modified": "2022-03-10T15:48:44Z",
  "published": "2022-03-02T21:30:54Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in com.monitorjbl:xlsx-streamer"
}

CVE-2022-23640 (GCVE-0-2022-23640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-02 19:50 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:59

Summary

Excel-Streaming-Reader is an easy-to-use implementation of a streaming Excel reader using Apache POI. Prior to xlsx-streamer 2.1.0, the XML parser that was used did apply all the necessary settings to prevent XML Entity Expansion issues. Upgrade to version 2.1.0 to receive a patch. There is no known workaround.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-rea…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-rea…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	monitorjbl	excel-streaming-reader	Affected: < 2.1.0

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-XVM2-9XVC-HX7F

Impact

Patches

Workarounds

References

For more information

CVE-2022-23640 (GCVE-0-2022-23640)

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