What is CVE-2022-40238?

CVE-2022-40238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cert Vince, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-40238?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-40238 known to be exploited?

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

Deserialization in Cert Vince

CVE-2022-40238

A Remote Code Injection vulnerability exists in CERT software prior to version 1.50.5. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary pickle object as part of a user's profile. This can lead to code execution on the server when the user's profile is accessed.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2022-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cert Vince
Cert/cc Vince - The Vulnerability Information And Coordination Environment — versions 1.48.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

battleofthebots/system-gateway

References

github.com/CERTCC/VINCE/issues (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40238?: CVE-2022-40238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cert Vince, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-40238?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40238 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.