CVE-2022-38340 (GCVE-0-2022-38340)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-29 13:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Safe Software FME Server v2021.2.5, v2022.0.0.2 and below was discovered to contain a Path Traversal vulnerability via the component fmedataupload.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-29 13:45 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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