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OpenRefine vulnerable to zip slip in project import

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 17, 2023 in OpenRefine/OpenRefine • Updated Jun 10, 2025

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

@wetneb wetneb published to OpenRefine/OpenRefine Jul 17, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 17, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 18, 2023
Reviewed Jul 18, 2023
Last updated Jun 10, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(31st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-37476

GHSA ID

GHSA-m88m-crr9-jvqq

Source code

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