What is CVE-2022-45787?

CVE-2022-45787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache James, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-45787?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache James

CVE-2022-45787

Unproper laxist permissions on the temporary files used by MIME4J TempFileStorageProvider may lead to information disclosure to other local users. This issue affects Apache James MIME4J version 0.8.8 and prior versions. We recommend users to upgrade to MIME4j version 0.8.9 or later.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.4% 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: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apache James
Apache Software Foundation James Mime4j — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

lists.apache.org/thread/26s8p9stl1z261c4qw15bsq03tt7t0rj (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45787?: CVE-2022-45787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache James, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-45787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.