Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36419

High

Published: 10 October 2023

Published
10 October 2023
Modified
11 February 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0068 72.0th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36419 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Hdinsight. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Azure HDInsight Apache Oozie Workflow Scheduler XXE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)
CWE-611NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
azure hdinsight
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References