perfSONAR before 4.4.6 inadvertently supports the parse option for a file:// URL.
Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-73Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-73 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
perfSONAR before 4.4.6 inadvertently supports the parse option for a file:// URL.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00665 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-45213
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cr28-68mj-mpg4
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Perfsonar vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-19873 An issue in the graphData.cgi component of perfSONAR v4.4.5 and prior allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2022-22131 perfSONAR before 4.4.6, when performing participant discovery, incorrectly uses an HTTP… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2022-19874 perfSONAR v4.x <= v4.4.5 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-45213 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-45213 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cr28-68mj-mpg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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