What is CVE-2022-29821?

CVE-2022-29821 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Pycharm, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2022-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-29821?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.

RCE in Jetbrains Pycharm

CVE-2022-29821

In JetBrains Rider before 2022.1 local code execution via links in ReSharper Quick Documentation was possible

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2022-04-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Pycharm
Jetbrains Rider — versions 2022.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29821?: CVE-2022-29821 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Pycharm, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2022-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-29821?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.