CVE-2022-41852

JXPath: untrusted XPath expressions may lead to RCE attack

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 6, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Apache Commons JXPath package. This flaw allows an attacker to use the interpreter to execute untrusted expressions and a remote code attack.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-470 · Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')