CVE-2022-41967
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-41967- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45071- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-41967- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-41967- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-41967 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Dragonflyoss Dragonfly, published December 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.