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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2022-45129 json

Payara, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF

published 2022-11-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-q35w-85pq-rv3x , EUVD-2022-48046

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Payara before 2022-11-04, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-37422. This affects Payara Platform Community before 4.1.2.191.38, 5.x before 5.2022.4, and 6.x before 6.2022.1, and Payara Platform Enterprise before 5.45.0.

Patch / fix

  • maven fish.payara.distributions:payara 5.2022.5, 6.2022.2
  • payara payara 4.1.2.191.38, 5.45.0, 5.2022.4, 6.2022.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169864/Payara-Platform-Path-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven fish.payara.distributions:payara
>=6.2021.1.Alpha1, <6.2022.2
>=5.0.0.Alpha1, <5.2022.5
<=4.1.2.181
6.2022.2
5.2022.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

Sources

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