What is CVE-2022-36450?

CVE-2022-36450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Obsidian, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-36450?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Obsidian

CVE-2022-36450

Obsidian 0.14.x and 0.15.x before 0.15.5 allows obsidian://hook-get-address remote code execution because window.open is used without checking the URL.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.200 (97.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.200 · newest: 0.200 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Obsidian

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

forum.obsidian.md/t/possible-remote-code-execution-through-obsidian-uri-scheme/… (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
www.chtsecurity.com/news/f2a1ad21-3442-495f-8b6e-f0fe433d6caa (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36450?: CVE-2022-36450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Obsidian, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-36450?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.