CVE-2022-40705: Apache Soap

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RPCRouterServlet of Apache SOAP allows an attacker to read arbitrary files over HTTP. This issue affects Apache SOAP version 2.2 and later versions. It is unknown whether previous versions are also affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected products

• Apache Soap: from 2.2

Published 2022-09-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.