What is CVE-2022-23082?

CVE-2022-23082 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mend Curekit, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-23082?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-23082 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Mend Curekit

CVE-2022-23082

In CureKit versions v1.0.1 through v1.1.3 are vulnerable to path traversal as the function isFileOutsideDir fails to sanitize the user input which may lead to path traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-05-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Mend Curekit
Whitesource Curekit — versions v1.0.1, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/whitesource/CureKit/commit/af35e870ed09411d2f1fae6db1b04598cd1a31b6 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-23082 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23082?: CVE-2022-23082 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mend Curekit, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-23082?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23082 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.