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CVE-2023-37476

Published: Jul 17, 2023

Modified: Jun 10, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

OpenRefine is a free, open source tool for data processing. A carefully crafted malicious OpenRefine project tar file can be used to trigger arbitrary code execution in the context of the OpenRefine process if a user can be convinced to import it. 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. Users unable to upgrade should only import OpenRefine projects from trusted sources.

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenRefine	OpenRefine	affected `< 3.7.4`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/security/advisories/GHSA-m88m-crr9-jvqq

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/commit/e9c1e65d58b47aec8cd676bd5c07d97b002f205e

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.7.4

x_refsource_MISC

https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/openrefine-zip-slip

x_refsource_MISC

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