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GHSA-m88m-crr9-jvqq: OpenRefine vulnerable to zip slip in project import

Impact

A carefully crafted malicious OpenRefine project tar file can be used to trigger arbitrary code execution if a user can be convinced to import it.

Patches

The vulnerability exists in all versions of OpenRefine up to and including 3.7.3. Users should update to OpenRefine 3.7.4 as soon as possible.

Workarounds

Only import OpenRefine projects from trusted sources.

References

A similar issue existed in the Create Project feature (CVE-2018-19859), which was fixed by PR #1901.

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Package

maven org.openrefine:main (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.7.4

Patched versions

3.7.4

Description

Impact

A carefully crafted malicious OpenRefine project tar file can be used to trigger arbitrary code execution if a user can be convinced to import it.

Patches

The vulnerability exists in all versions of OpenRefine up to and including 3.7.3. Users should update to OpenRefine 3.7.4 as soon as possible.

Workarounds

Only import OpenRefine projects from trusted sources.

References

A similar issue existed in the Create Project feature (CVE-2018-19859), which was fixed by PR #1901.

References

  • GHSA-m88m-crr9-jvqq
  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37476
  • OpenRefine/OpenRefine@e9c1e65
  • https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.7.4

wetneb published to OpenRefine/OpenRefine

Jul 17, 2023

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Jul 18, 2023

Reviewed

Jul 18, 2023

Last updated

Jul 18, 2023

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