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CVE-2022-23437

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23437 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser, affecting versions 2.12.1 and earlier, as well as products from Apache, NetApp, and Oracle that utilize it. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an infinite loop by submitting a specially crafted XML document, leading to high availability impact and resource exhaustion. While the CVSS score is 6.5 (Medium), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_engineering_data_management:6.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_deposits_and_lines_of_credit_servicing:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_party_management:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0444 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: xerces:xercesImplFixed in: 2.12.2
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7Fixed in: xerces-j2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-xerces-j2-0:2.12.0-3.SP04_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-xerces-j2-0:2.12.0-3.SP04_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.13.1 asyncFixed in: xercesimpl
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pki-deps:10.6/xerces-j2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xerces-j2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-xerces-j2

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fjmedium

Infinite Loop in Apache Xerces Java

Jan 27, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-23437Moderate

xerces-j2: infinite loop when handling specially crafted XML document payloads

Jan 24, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221028-0005
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory