CVE-2022-28366: High severity cyberneko html vulnerability

Published Apr 21, 2022
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Updated

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.

Affected Software

4 affected components
Cyberneko Html Project Cyberneko Html<=1.9.22
Htmlunit Project Htmlunit<2.27
AntiSamy project AntiSamy<1.6.6
HtmlUnit HtmlUnit<2.27

Event History

Apr 21, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:41 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:41 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2022-28366.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-28366?

The severity of CVE-2022-28366 is high with a severity value of 7.5.

3

Which software is affected by CVE-2022-28366?

The software affected by CVE-2022-28366 are CyberNeko HTML up to version 1.9.22, HtmlUnit up to version 2.26, and Antisamy up to version 1.6.6.

4

How can the vulnerability CVE-2022-28366 be fixed?

To fix CVE-2022-28366, update HtmlUnit-Neko to version 2.27, CyberNeko HTML to version 1.9.23, and Antisamy to version 1.6.6 or later.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-28366?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-28366 on the following references: [Reference 1](https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/releases/tag/v1.6.6), [Reference 2](https://search.maven.org/artifact/net.sourceforge.htmlunit/neko-htmlunit), [Reference 3](https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.27/).

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