What is CVE-2022-41574?

CVE-2022-41574 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gradle Enterprise, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-41574?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gradle Enterprise

CVE-2022-41574

An access-control vulnerability in Gradle Enterprise 2022.4 through 2022.3.1 allows remote attackers to prevent backups from occurring, and send emails with arbitrary text content to the configured installation-administrator contact address, via HTTP access to an accidentally exposed internal endpoint. This is fixed in 2022.3.2.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2022-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% 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

Gradle Enterprise

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security.gradle.com (Vendor Advisory)
security.gradle.com/advisory/2022-12 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41574?: CVE-2022-41574 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gradle Enterprise, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-41574?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.