CVE-2022-0265

highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.79% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository hazelcast/hazelcast in 5.1-BETA-1.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security@huntr.devexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USCWE-611US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

achuna33/CVE-2022-0265achuna33/CVE-2022-0265PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

hazelcast hazelcast/hazelcast≤ 5.1-BETA-1enisa_euvdEU
hazelcast hazelcast= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hazelcast:hazelcast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.hazelcast:hazelcast5.1-beta1 → 5.1osvUSpkg:maven/com.hazelcast/hazelcast

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-99wh-973f-779pXML External Entity Reference in Hazelcast2022-03-04ghsa · osvUS
The AbstractXmlConfigRootTagRecognizer() function makes use of SAXParser generated from a SAXParserFactory with no FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING set, allowing for XXE attacks.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-03modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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