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TI-2022-23170 Aliases CVE-2022-46824GHSA-h96c-g87g-vjf5

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.4 a buffer overflow in the fsnotifier daemon on macOS was possible.

Priority LOW 33CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.4 a buffer overflow in the fsnotifier daemon on macOS was possible.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains): 2022.2.4

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
JetBrainsIntelliJ IDEAbefore 2022.2.42022.2.4Patch availableCNA
  • IntelliJ IDEA VendorJetBrains Affected before 2022.2.4 Fixed in 2022.2.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2022.2.4VulnerableJetBrains
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2022.2.4 Vulnerable ·JetBrains
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains) Fixed in 2022.2.4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46824
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h96c-g87g-vjf5

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-24589 Insufficiently protected credentials in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-46342 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized settings modification was possible in a Remote Development session CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-46341 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized input injection was possible in a Remote Development session CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-07428 In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate versions, an Application Server run… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-06646 In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, a Spring Boot run configuration with the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09382 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2020.1, the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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