What is CVE-2022-45386?

CVE-2022-45386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Violations, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-45386?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XXE in Jenkins Violations

CVE-2022-45386

Jenkins Violations Plugin 0.7.11 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2022-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Violations
Jenkins Project Violations Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 0.7.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-11-15/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45386?: CVE-2022-45386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Violations, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-45386?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.