What is CVE-2022-45213?

CVE-2022-45213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfsonar, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-45213?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Perfsonar

CVE-2022-45213

perfSONAR before 4.4.6 inadvertently supports the parse option for a file:// URL.

Published 2023-01-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Perfsonar

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

References

www.perfsonar.net/releasenotes-2022-11-09-4-4-6.html (Release Notes)
zxsecurity.co.nz/research/advisories/perfsonar-multiple/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45213?: CVE-2022-45213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfsonar, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-45213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.