What is CVE-2022-2872?

CVE-2022-2872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-2872?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Octoprint

CVE-2022-2872

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository octoprint/octoprint prior to 1.8.3.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2022-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Octoprint
Octoprint Octoprint/octoprint — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

huntr.dev/bounties/b966c74d-6f3f-49fe-b40a-eaf25e362c56 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/octoprint/octoprint/commit/3e3c11811e216fb371a33e28412df83f9701e5b0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2872?: CVE-2022-2872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octoprint, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-2872?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.