What is CVE-2022-29943?

CVE-2022-29943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Talend Administration Center, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-29943?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Talend Administration Center

CVE-2022-29943

Talend Administration Center has a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to use XML External Entity (XXE) processing to achieve read access as root on the remote filesystem. The issue is fixed for versions 8.0.x in TPS-5189, versions 7.3.x in TPS-5175, and versions 7.2.x in TPS-5201. Earlier versions of Talend Administration Center may also be impacted; users are encouraged to update to a supported version.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2022-05-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Talend Administration Center — versions 7.2.0, 7.3.0, 8.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

Talend.com (Vendor Advisory)
www.talend.com/security/incident-response/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29943?: CVE-2022-29943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Talend Administration Center, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-29943?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.