PT-2022-20749 · Untangle · Untangle

Taichi Kotake · CVE-2022-31471 · Published 2022-07-26 · Updated 2022-08-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier

Description untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. It improperly restricts XML external entity references, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to read the contents of local files by exploiting this issue.

Recommendations For versions 1.2.0 and earlier, update to version 1.2.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting XML external entity references to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-31471

GHSA-F83Q-2CP7-QRJG

PYSEC-2022-244

Affected Products

Untangle

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/31xxx/CVE-2022-31471.json · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31471 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f83q-2cp7-qrjg · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/stchris/untangle/releases/tag/1.2.1 · Note
• https://github.com/stchris/untangle · Note
• https://github.com/stchris/untangle/security/advisories/GHSA-f83q-2cp7-qrjg · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/untangle/PYSEC-2022-244.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f83q-2cp7-qrjg · Note
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30454777 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/33759 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/33763 · Telegram Post