CVE-2022-40309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Users with write permissions to a repository can delete arbitrary directories.

Published: 2022-11-15

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Archiva

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 2.2.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:archiva:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7463	Users with write permissions to a repository can delete arbitrary directories.
Github GHSA	GHSA-xgq8-jq9w-77r5	Apache Archiva subject to arbitrary directory deletion by users.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01137.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/3
https://lists.apache.org/thread/1odl4p85r96n27k577jk6ftrp19xfc27

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apache Archiva

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T16:02:30.071Z

Reserved: 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40309

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.053Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-15T13:15:11.000

Modified: 2025-04-30T16:15:26.320

Link: CVE-2022-40309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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