Code injection issue in Portal for ArcGIS (10.7.1 and 10.8.1)

published 2022-08-16 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-40786

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

There is a code injection vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1 and below that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to pass strings which could potentially cause arbitrary code execution.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-04-10)

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Esri Portal for ArcGIS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

esri.com /arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2022-update-1-patch/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38193
NVD CVE-2022-38193

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