🛡️ CVE-2022-26662 on Debian — tryton-proteus
Description
An XML Entity Expansion (XEE) issue was discovered in Tryton Application Platform (Server) 5.x through 5.0.45, 6.x through 6.0.15, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x through 6.2.5, and Tryton Application Platform (Command Line Client (proteus)) 5.x through 5.0.11, 6.x through 6.0.4, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x through 6.2.1. An unauthenticated user can send a crafted XML-RPC message to consume all the resources of the server.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2022-26662 as tracked by Debian, for the package tryton-proteus. The fix is available in version 6.0.5-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26662 is classified as CWE-776: XML Entity Expansion. Nested entity definitions expand enormously when parsed, consuming memory and CPU.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26662 is recorded against 2 packages.
- tryton-proteus (fixed in 6.0.5-1)
- tryton-server (fixed in 6.0.16-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 10 March 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2022-26662 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| tryton-proteus | — | 6.0.5-1 |
| tryton-server | — | 6.0.16-1 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown DLA-2946-1
- Unknown DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26661
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- Unknown UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26661
- Unknown UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26662
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