What is CVE-2022-38179?

CVE-2022-38179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Ktor, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-38179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38179 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Ktor

CVE-2022-38179

JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to the Reflect File Download attack

EPSS: 0.000 (0.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jetbrains Ktor — versions 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-184 — Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ (x_refsource_MISC)
github.com/ktorio/ktor/pull/3110 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38179?: CVE-2022-38179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Ktor, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-38179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38179 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.