Remote Engine Gen 2
CVE-2022-45588
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration XML external entity prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.19%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
All versions before R2022-09 of Talend's Remote Engine Gen 2 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) type of attacks. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. All versions before R2022-09 of Talend's Remote Engine Gen 2 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) type of attacks. Users should download the R2022-09 release or later and use it in place of the previous version. Talend Remote Engine Gen 1 and Talend Cloud Engine for Design are not impacted. This XXE vulnerability could only be exploited by someone with the appropriate rights to edit pipelines on the Talend platform. It could not be triggered remotely or by other user input. Affected products include: Talend Remote Engine Gen 2.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
All versions before R2022-09 of Talend's Remote Engine Gen 2 are potentially vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) type of attacks. Users should download the R2022-09 release or later and use it in place of the previous version. Talend Remote Engine Gen 1 and Talend Cloud Engine for Design are not impacted. This XXE vulnerability could only be exploited by someone with the appropriate rights to edit pipelines on the Talend platform. It could not be triggered remotely or by other user input.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
VulDB
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions.
GitHub PoC
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