Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability (10.9.1, 10.8.1 and 10.7.1 only)

published 2022-12-29 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40798

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

In some non-default installations of Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9.1 and below, a directory traversal issue may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to traverse the file system and lead to the disclosure of sensitive data (not customer-published content).

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-10)

Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Esri ArcGIS Enterprise

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

esri.com /arcgis-blog/products/trust-arcgis/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2022-update-2-patch-is-now-availa
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38205
NVD CVE-2022-38205

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Summary