CVE-2022-4065
cbeust testng XML File Parser JarFileUtils.java testngXmlExistsInJar path traversal
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.97%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability was found in cbeust testng 7.5.0/7.6.0/7.6.1/7.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function testngXmlExistsInJar of the file testng-core/src/main/java/org/testng/JarFileUtils.java of the component XML File Parser. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.5.1 and 7.7.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214027.
Timeline
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.testng:testngGHSA-rc2q-x9mf-w3vf (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.214027 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.214027 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/cbeust/testng/pull/2806 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/cbeust/testng/commit/9150736cd2c123a6a3b60e6193630859f9f0422b (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/cbeust/testng/releases/tag/7.7.1 (opens in a new tab)patchx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-7421 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rc2q-x9mf-w3vf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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