XML external entity injection in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
Priority LOW 24CWE-611Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 an XXE attack leading to SSRF via requests to custom plugin repositories was possible.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.002 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains): 2022.3
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains) Fixed in 2022.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2022.3
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-23174 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 a DYLIB injection on macOS was possible.Priority LOW 34
- TI-2022-23172 Path traversal in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEAPriority LOW 27
- TI-2022-23171 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 the built-in web server leaked information about open projects.Priority LOW 18
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46827
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-57f8-j9vv-vx4g
References
More JetBrains Intellij Idea vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2022-46827 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-46827 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-57f8-j9vv-vx4g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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