CVE-2022-22931
Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apache
Description
Fix of CVE-2021-40525 do not prepend delimiters upon valid directory validations. Affected implementations include: - maildir mailbox store - Sieve file repository This enables a user to access other users data stores (limited to user names being prefixed by the value of the username being used).
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache James
- affected Apache James 3.6.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.james:james-serverGHSA-v84g-cf5j-xjqx (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: This had been fixed in Apache James 3.6.2.
References (2)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/bp8yql4wws56jlh0vxoowj7foothsmpr (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v84g-cf5j-xjqx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-22931)Record last updated .