In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 the built-in web server allowed an arbitrary file to be read by exploiting a path traversal vulner…

published 2022-12-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49608

cvss: 6.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 the built-in web server allowed an arbitrary file to be read by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2022.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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

Affected products

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-46826
NVD CVE-2022-46826

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Summary