{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50899 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-50899 is a high-severity vulnerability in GeoNetwork, published on 13 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50899 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-50899 is a high-severity vulnerability in GeoNetwork, published on 13 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50899 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: GeoNetwork. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50899/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-50899","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50899/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-50899","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q595-r7rh-mc9h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Geonetwork GIS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary server files via XML external entity injection in PDF rendering requests.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[{"product":"geonetwork","vendor":"osgeo"}],"cvss":{"score":8.7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-611","name":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference"}],"description":"Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)","id":"CVE-2022-50899","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xxe","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Wondershare Dr.Fone 12.0.18 - 'Wondershare InstallAssist' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2022-50900"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"NanoCMS 0.4 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)","id":"CVE-2022-50898"},"products":["GeoNetwork"],"published":"2026-01-13","related":[{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-28398","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-05"},{"cvss_score":0,"headline":"GeoNetwork vulnerable to search end-point information disclosure in response headers","id":"CVE-2024-32037","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-14","vendors":["GeoNetwork"]},"summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary server files via XML external entity injection in PDF rendering requests.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50899/"}