What is CVE-2022-40979?

CVE-2022-40979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-40979?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Jetbrains Teamcity

CVE-2022-40979

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.04.4 environmental variables of "password" type could be logged when using custom Perforce executable

Published 2022-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Teamcity — versions 2022.04.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/ (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40979?: CVE-2022-40979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Teamcity, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-40979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.