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medium 4.7

CVE-2022-38179 json

JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to a Reflect File Download attack

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-v866-gwf5-w92f , EUVD-2022-6629

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

JetBrains Ktor before 2.1.0 was vulnerable to the Reflect File Download attack

Patch / fix

  • maven io.ktor:ktor 2.1.0
  • jetbrains ktor 2.1.0

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Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven io.ktor:ktor
<2.1.0
2.1.0

Affected products

  • JetBrains Ktor

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
  • CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison

References

Sources

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