Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-0217 · published 26 August 2022

CVE-2022-0217: Prosody xml external entity (xxe) vulnerability

Prosody · Prosody

It was discovered that an internal Prosody library to load XML based on libexpat does not properly restrict the XML features allowed in parsed XML data. Given suitable attacker input, this results in expansion of recursive entity references from DTDs (CWE-776). In addition, depending on the libexpat version used, it may also allow injections using XML External Entity References (CWE-611).

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 5.4% · top 7.6% CWE-776 · CWE-776CWE-611 · XML external entity (XXE)

7.5CVSS 3.1 base score

5.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Prosody Prosody

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040639	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20220113/	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20220113/1.patch	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040639	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20220113/	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20220113/1.patch	PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-0217), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.