What is CVE-2022-39051?

CVE-2022-39051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Otrs, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-39051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Otrs

CVE-2022-39051

Attacker might be able to execute malicious Perl code in the Template toolkit, by having the admin installing an unverified 3th party package

Published 2022-09-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.2% 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: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Otrs
Otrs Ag — versions 7.0.x 7.0.36, 8.0.x 8.0.24
Otrs Ag ((Otrs)) Community Edition — versions 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-913 — Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

References

otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2022-12/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39051?: CVE-2022-39051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Otrs, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-39051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.