Resource management error in Apache POI - CVE-2022-26336

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Resource management error in Apache POI - CVE-2022-26336

Published: March 7, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61043
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26336
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the HMEF package. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted TNEF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache POI
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data
Jazz Team Server
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component
Operations Analytics - Log Analysis
Analytics Content Hub
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools

How to mitigate CVE-2022-26336

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache POI - update to 5.2.1
Operations Analytics - Log Analysis - update to 1.3.8.4
Analytics Content Hub - update to 2.2
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.0
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools - update to 9.2.7.2
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0
Jazz Team Server - addressed in versions 7.0.1.0.20, 7.0.2.0.20
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions - update to 8.0.6
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component - addressed in versions 8.6.26, 8.7.20, 9.0.13

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