What is CVE-2022-38340?

CVE-2022-38340 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Safe Fme Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-38340?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Safe Fme Server

CVE-2022-38340

Safe Software FME Server v2021.2.5, v2022.0.0.2 and below was discovered to contain a Path Traversal vulnerability via the component fmedataupload.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Safe Fme Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Server-vulnerability-with-arbitrar… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.cycura.com/blog/safe-software-inc-fme-server-vulnerability-disclosure/ (Product)
community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-Arbitrary-file-upload-with-any-authent… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38340?: CVE-2022-38340 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Safe Fme Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-38340?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.