CVE-2022-24839
org.nokogiri:nekohtml vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Impact
## Summary The fork of `org.cyberneko.html` used by Nokogiri (Rubygem) raises a `java.lang.OutOfMemoryError` exception when parsing ill-formed HTML markup. ## Severity The maintainers have evaluated this as [**High Severity** 7.5 (CVSS3.1)](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). ## Mitigation Upgrade to `>= 1.9.22.noko2`. ## Credit This vulnerability was reported by [이형관 (windshock)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/windshock/). ## References [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ## Notes The upstream library `org.cyberneko.html` is no longer maintained. Nokogiri uses its own fork of this library located at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml and this CVE applies only to that fork. Other forks of nekohtml may have a similar vulnerability.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.nokogiri:nekohtml | < 1.9.22.noko2 | 1.9.22.noko2 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nekohtml Project | Nekohtml | before 1.9.22.noko2 |
| Oracle | Weblogic Server | Versions 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/commit/a800fce3b079def130ed42a408ff1d09f89e773d
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24839