{"id":"CVE-2022-31471","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31471","EUVD-2022-0350","GHSA-f83q-2cp7-qrjg","PYSEC-2022-244"],"status":"published","title":"untangle vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference","description":"untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references. 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This affects untangle versions up to and including 1.2.0\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been fixed with version 1.2.1\n\n### Workarounds\nNone\n\n### References\nhttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30454777/\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an [issue](https://github.com/stchris/untangle/issues)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-08-06T05:30:13Z","modified":"2024-11-18T23:02:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-611"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:20.833758Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-31471","description":"untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references. 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This affects untangle versions up to and including 1.2.0\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been fixed with version 1.2.1\n\n### Workarounds\nNone\n\n### References\nhttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30454777/\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an [issue](https://github.com/stchris/untangle/issues)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-08-06T05:30:13Z","modified":"2024-11-18T23:22:24.789139Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-611"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:46.006631Z"},{"id":"CVE-2022-31471","description":"untangle is a python library to convert XML data to python objects. untangle versions 1.2.0 and earlier improperly restricts XML external entity references. 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