In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2021.3.3 it was possible to get passwords from protected fields

published 2022-04-05 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33093

cvss: 8.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

jetbrains intellij_idea 2021.3.3

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

jetbrains.com /privacy-security/issues-fixed/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-28651
NVD CVE-2022-28651

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Summary