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TI-2022-07589 Aliases CVE-2022-23532GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97

neo4j-apoc-procedures is vulnerable to path traversal

Priority LOW 32CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

APOC (Awesome Procedures on Cypher) is an add-on library for Neo4j that provides hundreds of procedures and functions. A path traversal vulnerability found in the apoc.export.* procedures of apoc plugins in Neo4j Graph database. The issue allows a malicious actor to potentially break out of the expected directory. The vulnerability is such that files could only be created but not overwritten. For the vulnerability to be exploited, an attacker would need access to execute an arbitrary query, either by having access to an authenticated Neo4j client, or a Cypher injection vulnerability in an application. The minimum versions containing patch for this vulnerability are 4.4.0.12 and 4.3.0.12 and 5.3.1. As a workaround, you can control the allowlist of the procedures that can be used in your system, and/or turn off local file access by setting apoc.export.file.enabled=false.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00689 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed neo4j-apoc-procedures (neo4j-contrib): 4.3.0.12, 4.4.0.12org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven): 4.3.0.12, 4.4.0.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
neo4j-contribneo4j-apoc-proceduresbefore 4.3.0.12; 4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.124.3.0.12, 4.4.0.12Patch availableCNA
—org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven)before 4.3.0.124.3.0.12Patch availableGHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97
—org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven)4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.124.4.0.12Patch availableGHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97
  • neo4j-apoc-procedures Vendorneo4j-contrib Affected before 4.3.0.12; 4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.12 Fixed in 4.3.0.12, 4.4.0.12 Patch available CNA
  • org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.3.0.12 Fixed in 4.3.0.12 Patch available GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97
  • org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.12 Fixed in 4.4.0.12 Patch available GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:awesome_procedures_on_cyper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.3.0.12; 4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.12Vulnerableneo4j
cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:awesome_procedures_on_cyper:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.0Vulnerableneo4j
  • cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:awesome_procedures_on_cyper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.3.0.12; 4.4.0.0 to before 4.4.0.12 Vulnerable ·neo4j
  • cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:awesome_procedures_on_cyper:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.0 Vulnerable ·neo4j

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA neo4j-apoc-procedures (neo4j-contrib) Fixed in 4.3.0.12, 4.4.0.12
  • Fix · GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97 org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven) Fixed in 4.3.0.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97 org.neo4j.procedure:apoc (Maven) Fixed in 4.4.0.12 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23532
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v8v-gwmw-qw97
  3. 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2026-27538 mcp-neo4j-cypher: SSRF and Data Modification via read_only Mode Bypass Through CALL Procedures CVSS 4.0LOW 2.3

Sources

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