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CVE-2022-37866 — When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the loca

When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the local file system based on a user-supplied "pattern" that may include placeholders for artifacts coordinates like the organisation, module or version. If said coordinates contain "../"

CVSS
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EPSS
0.97% (top 23.60%)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-05-01T20:46:04.704Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the local file system based on a user-supplied "pattern" that may include placeholders for artifacts coordinates like the organisation, module or version. If said coordinates contain "../" sequences - which are valid characters for Ivy coordinates in general - it is possible the artifacts are stored outside of Ivy's local…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache Ivy2.0.0, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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