# CVE-2022-41967: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Dragonfly

> An attacker can exploit improper XML parsing in Dragonfly to read sensitive files or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6x3m-96qp-mmxv

## What is CVE-2022-41967?

CVE-2022-41967 is a high-severity vulnerability in HyperaDev Dragonfly, published on 27 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dragonfly is a Java runtime dependency management library. Dragonfly v0.3.0-SNAPSHOT does not configure DocumentBuilderFactory to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This issue is patched in 0.3.1-SNAPSHOT. As a workaround, since Dragonfly only parses XML `SNAPSHOT` versions are being resolved, this vulnerability may be avoided by not trying to resolve `SNAPSHOT` versions.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41967?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hypera Dragonfly.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41967 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41967 is a high-severity vulnerability in HyperaDev Dragonfly, published on 27 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HyperaDev Dragonfly. 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-2022-41967/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41967/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41967
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41967
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41967

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41967/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.