TI-2022-17607 Aliases CVE-2022-37866 GHSA-wv7w-rj2x-556x

Apache Ivy allows path traversal in the presence of a malicious repository

MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published 2022-11-07 · Updated 2025-05-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 11 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the local file system based on a user-supplied "pattern" that may include placeholders for artifacts coordinates like the organisation, module or version. If said coordinates contain "../" sequences - which are valid characters for Ivy coordinates in general - it is possible the artifacts are stored outside of Ivy's local cache or repository or can overwrite different artifacts inside of the local cache. In order to exploit this vulnerability an attacker needs collaboration by the remote repository as Ivy will issue http requests containing ".." sequences and a "normal" repository will not interpret them as part of the artifact coordinates. Users of Apache Ivy 2.0.0 to 2.5.1 should upgrade to Ivy 2.5.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01906 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial org.apache.ivy:ivy (Maven): 2.5.1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 11 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apache	Apache Ivy	2.0.0 and later; up to 2.5.0	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.apache.ivy:ivy (Maven)	2.0.0 to before 2.5.1	2.5.1	Patch available	GHSA-wv7w-rj2x-556x

Apache Ivy VendorApache Affected 2.0.0 and later; up to 2.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.apache.ivy:ivy (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.5.1 Fixed in 2.5.1 Patch available GHSA-wv7w-rj2x-556x

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ivy::::::::	2.0.0 to before 2.5.1	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ivy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-wv7w-rj2x-556x org.apache.ivy:ivy (Maven) Fixed in 2.5.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2023:2100 Released 2023-05-03 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.20.1 security update
- RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2022-11-07
Apache Ivy — FEDORA-2023-35f775fd6e
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-17606 Apache Ivy allows creating/overwriting any file on the systemPriority MEDIUM 51
Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Migration Toolkit for Applications 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Migration Toolkit for Runtimes	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Data Grid 8	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Fuse 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Integration Camel K 1	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections	Affected	No fix yet
RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1	Fixed	RHSA-2023:2100

Not affected: 5 products

A-MQ Clients 2
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
Red Hat Satellite 6
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37866
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wv7w-rj2x-556x

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YDIFDL5WSBEKBUVKTABUFDDD25SBNJLS

TI-2022-17606 Apache Ivy allows creating/overwriting any file on the system CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2022-23117 Apache Ivy: XML External Entity vulnerability in Apache Ivy CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-21046 Apache Ivy: PackagerResolver path traversal vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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