In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 a DYLIB injection on macOS was possible.
Priority LOW 34CWE-691Published · 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-434.
Summary
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.3 a DYLIB injection on macOS was possible.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00276 20th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains | IntelliJ IDEA | before 2022.3 | 2022.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- IntelliJ IDEA VendorJetBrains Affected before 2022.3 Fixed in 2022.3 Patch available CNA
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
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- TI-2022-23172 Path traversal in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEAPriority LOW 27
- TI-2022-23173 XML external entity injection in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEAPriority LOW 24
- 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-2022-46828
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87cv-w2c3-h4jw
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-2022-46828 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-46828 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-87cv-w2c3-h4jw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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