What is CVE-2022-0272?

CVE-2022-0272 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Detekt, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-0272?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0272 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XXE in Detekt

CVE-2022-0272

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in GitHub repository detekt/detekt prior to 1.20.0.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2022-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Detekt
Detekt Detekt/detekt — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

huntr.dev/bounties/23e37ba7-96d5-4037-a90a-8c8f4a70ce44 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/detekt/detekt/commit/c965a8d2a6bbdb9bcfc6acfa7bbffd3da81f5395 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0272?: CVE-2022-0272 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Detekt, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-0272?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0272 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.