# CVE-2022-23170: SysAid - Okta SSO integration

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit XML External Entity injection in SysAid's Okta SSO integration to read server files and perform SSRF.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pxw-mxgg-m48c

## What is CVE-2022-23170?

CVE-2022-23170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SysAid - Okta SSO integration, published on 24 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SysAid - Okta SSO integration - was found vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. Any SysAid environment that uses the Okta SSO integration might be vulnerable. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the XXE vulnerability by sending a malformed POST request to the identity provider endpoint. An attacker can extract the identity provider endpoint by decoding the SAMLRequest parameter's value and searching for the AssertionConsumerServiceURL parameter's value. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem and interact with any back-end or external systems that the application can access. In some situations, an attacker can escalate an XXE attack to compromise the underlying server or other back-end infrastructure by leveraging the XXE vulnerability to perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks.

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sysaid Okta Sso.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SysAid - Okta SSO integration, published on 24 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SysAid - Okta SSO integration. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23170/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23170

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23170/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.