CVE-2022-2309

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.45% (84th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
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77 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize function). Such code shouldn't be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedpython-lxml-0:4.6.5-3.el9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython-lxml-debugsource-0:4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython-lxml-debugsource-0:4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython-lxml-debugsource-0:4.6.5-3.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython-lxml-debugsource-0:4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-0:4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-0:4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-0:4.6.5-3.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-0:4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.6.5-3.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
  • Fixedpython3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
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cvss

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

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security@huntr.devexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476USCWE-476USCWE-476USCWE-476US
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affected products (77)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (7)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2022:8226Red Hat Security Advisory: python-lxml security update2022-11-15csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for python-lxml is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-0864lxml: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-07-31csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in lxml ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1424Xerox FreeFlow Print Server für Solaris: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-12csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Systems zu gefährden.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1542Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-22csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2229Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-30csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen 'Denial of Service'-Zustand zu verursachen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und weitere, nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.

  • GHSA-wrxv-2j5q-m38wlxml NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service2022-07-06ghsa · osvUS

    NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize function). Such code shouldn't be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.

  • PYSEC-2022-2302022-07-05vendor · osvUS

    NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize function). Such code shouldn't be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvcert_bundredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-07-05modified 2026-06-17
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references (28)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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