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OpenRefine vulnerable to zip slip in project import

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 17, 2023 in OpenRefine/OpenRefine • Updated Nov 11, 2023

Package

maven org.openrefine:main (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.7.4

Patched versions

3.7.4

Description

Impact

A carefully crafted malicious OpenRefine project tar file can be used to trigger arbitrary code execution if a user can be convinced to import it.

Patches

The vulnerability exists in all versions of OpenRefine up to and including 3.7.3. Users should update to OpenRefine 3.7.4 as soon as possible.

Workarounds

Only import OpenRefine projects from trusted sources.

References

A similar issue existed in the Create Project feature (CVE-2018-19859), which was fixed by PR #1901.

References

@wetneb wetneb published to OpenRefine/OpenRefine Jul 17, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 17, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 18, 2023
Reviewed Jul 18, 2023
Last updated Nov 11, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-37476

GHSA ID

GHSA-m88m-crr9-jvqq

Source code

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