What is CVE-2022-0981?

CVE-2022-0981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quarkus, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-0981?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0981 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Quarkus

CVE-2022-0981

A flaw was found in Quarkus. The state and potentially associated permissions can leak from one web request to another in RestEasy Reactive. This flaw allows a low-privileged user to perform operations on the database with a different set of privileges than intended.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2022-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Quarkus
Quarkus — versions quarkus 2.7.1.Final

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/23269 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0981?: CVE-2022-0981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quarkus, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-0981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0981 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.