What is CVE-2022-38180?

CVE-2022-38180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Ktor, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-38180?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38180 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Jetbrains Ktor

CVE-2022-38180

In JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 the wrong authentication provider could be selected in some cases

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Ktor — versions 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/ktorio/ktor/pull/3092 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38180?: CVE-2022-38180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Ktor, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-38180?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38180 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.