CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-28009

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Apr 26, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

HCL Workload Automation is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0 (including) 9.4.0 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0-fix_pack_3 (including) 9.4.0-fix_pack_3 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0-fix_pack_4 (including) 9.4.0-fix_pack_4 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0-fix_pack_5 (including) 9.4.0-fix_pack_5 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0-fix_pack_6 (including) 9.4.0-fix_pack_6 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.4.0-fix_pack_7 (including) 9.4.0-fix_pack_7 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0 (including) 9.5.0 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_1 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_1 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_2 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_2 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_3 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_3 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_4 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_4 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_5 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_5 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 9.5.0-fix_pack_6 (including) 9.5.0-fix_pack_6 (including)
Workload_automation Hcltech 10.1.0 (including) 10.1.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References