🛡️ CVE-2022-0221 — scadapack-workbench

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-611 NVD
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Description

A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could result in information disclosure when opening a malicious solution file provided by an attacker with SCADAPack Workbench. This could be exploited to pass data from local files to a remote system controlled by an attacker. Affected Product: SCADAPack Workbench (6.6.8a and prior)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0221 is classified as CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference (XXE). An XML parser resolves external entities, letting a crafted document read local files or reach internal services.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0221 is recorded against 1 package.

  • scadapack-workbench (fixed in 6.6.8a)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-611
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-13
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
scadapack-workbench — 6.6.8a

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