In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2023.3.3 path traversal was possible when unpacking archives

published 2024-02-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22303

cvss: 2.8; 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 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-08)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative 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-2024-24940
NVD CVE-2024-24940

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Summary