CVE-2022-38340

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-09-20 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-29 13:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-08-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

71e51c3f02dcb508d491cb87b5c460c2ce7d6c476eafd6a0e02ce0a8b1d2a652

• community.safe.comhttps://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Server-vulnerability-with-arbitrary-path-traversal-and-file-upload
• www.cycura.comhttps://www.cycura.com/blog/safe-software-inc-fme-server-vulnerability-disclosure/
• community.safe.comhttps://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-Arbitrary-file-upload-with-any-authenticated-FME-Server-account