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CVE-2022-0839 liquibase

Affected softwareliquibase
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed in4.8.0
WeaknessXML external entity (XXE) (CWE-611)
Published4 Mar 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository liquibase/liquibase prior to 4.8.0.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference.
Candidate fix https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/commit/33d9d925082097fb1a3d2fc8e44423d964cd9381 : a commit: the change itself

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0839

Upgrade liquibase to 4.8.0 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.0 7.3 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L security@huntr.dev Secondary
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q3 Oracle Database Server / Oracle SQLcl (Liquibase) (19c)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Database Server Oracle SQLcl (Liquibase) 19c 19

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.liquibase:liquibase-core 0 4.8.0 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd liquibase liquibase generic < 4.8.0
nvd oracle sqlcl generic 19c
osv org.liquibase liquibase-core generic < 4.8.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/commit/33d9d925082097fb1a3d2fc8e44423d964cd9381 commit
https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase PACKAGE
https://huntr.dev/bounties/f1ae5779-b406-4594-a8a3-d089c68d6e70 WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html WEB
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/14 WEB

Timeline

Published2022-03-04By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.