CVE-2023-22665 Apache Jena: Exposure of arbitrary execution in script engine expressions.

What is CVE-2023-22665?

CVE-2023-22665 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache Jena, published on 25 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

There is insufficient checking of user queries in Apache Jena versions 4.7.0 and earlier, when invoking custom scripts. It allows a remote user to execute arbitrary javascript via a SPARQL query.

Weakness: CWE-917

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22665?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.jena:jena. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Jena.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22665?

Upgrade org.apache.jena:jena to 4.8.0 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2023-22665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Jena

• CVE-2022-28890 Processing external DTDs Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-50151 Apache Jena: Configuration files uploaded by administrative users are not check properly High 8.8
• CVE-2023-32200 Apache Jena: Exposure of execution in script engine expressions. High 8.8
• CVE-2025-49656 Apache Jena: Administrative users can create files outside the server directory space via the admin UI High 7.5
• CVE-2021-39239 XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22665, GHSA-xgh5-gwq5-rpx8, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22665.