CVE-2022-28366
HtmlUnit-Neko Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
Certain Neko-related HTML parsers allow a denial of service via crafted Processing Instruction (PI) input that causes excessive heap memory consumption. In particular, this issue exists in HtmlUnit-Neko through 2.26, and is fixed in 2.27. This issue also exists in CyberNeko HTML through 1.9.22 (also affecting OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.6), but 1.9.22 is the last version of CyberNeko HTML. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2022-24839.
INFO
Published Date :
April 21, 2022, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 7, 2023, 5:56 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2022-28366 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2022-28366
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2022-28366.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/releases/tag/v1.6.6 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://search.maven.org/artifact/net.sourceforge.htmlunit/neko-htmlunit | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.27/ | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
None
Dockerfile Shell
HtmlUnit adaptation of NekoHtml
Java HTML
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2022-28366 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2022-28366 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 28, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 26, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Certain Neko-related HTML parsers allow a denial of service via crafted Processing Instruction (PI) input that causes excessive heap memory consumption. In particular, this issue exists in HtmlUnit-Neko through 2.26, and is fixed in 2.27. This issue also exists in CyberNeko HTML through 1.9.22 (also affecting OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.6), but 1.9.22 is the last version of CyberNeko HTML. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2022-24939. Certain Neko-related HTML parsers allow a denial of service via crafted Processing Instruction (PI) input that causes excessive heap memory consumption. In particular, this issue exists in HtmlUnit-Neko through 2.26, and is fixed in 2.27. This issue also exists in CyberNeko HTML through 1.9.22 (also affecting OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.6), but 1.9.22 is the last version of CyberNeko HTML. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2022-24839. -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/releases/tag/v1.6.6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/releases/tag/v1.6.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://search.maven.org/artifact/net.sourceforge.htmlunit/neko-htmlunit No Types Assigned https://search.maven.org/artifact/net.sourceforge.htmlunit/neko-htmlunit Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.27/ No Types Assigned https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.27/ Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cyberneko_html_project:cyberneko_html:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.9.22 *cpe:2.3:a:htmlunit_project:htmlunit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.27 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:antisamy_project:antisamy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.6
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-28366 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-28366
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.13 }} 0.02%
score
0.48361
percentile